mercies
Definitions
Noun
- Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- A disposition to be kind and forgiving
- The feeling that motivates compassion
- Something for which to be thankful
- Alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "mercies".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | series | 2 | 130 |
| 2 | memories | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | merits | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | mercenaries | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | emergencies | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | merciless | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | mercilessly | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | miseries | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | mercier | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | merce | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | mercedes | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | meris | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | merci | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lemercier's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | metres | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | mervis | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | mertes | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | merrie | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | merlis | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | meriel | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "mercies".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marches | 2 | 8 |
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Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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