"have mercy" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has mercy [present, singular, third-person], having mercy [participle, present], had mercy [participle, past], had mercy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> mercy}} have mercy (third-person singular simple present has mercy, present participle having mercy, simple past and past participle had mercy)
  1. (usually in the imperative) To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage. Tags: imperative, usually Synonyms: spare Translations (show mercy or compassion): ἐλεέω (eleéō) (Ancient Greek), رَحِمَ (raḥima) (Arabic), slitovat se [perfective] (Czech), smilovat se [perfective] (Czech), ušetřit [perfective] (Czech), sich erbarmen (German), दया करना (dayā karnā) (Hindi), könyörül (Hungarian), megkönyörül (Hungarian), irgalmaz (Hungarian), szán (english: take pity, commiserate) (Hungarian), megszán (Hungarian), miseror (Latin), zmiłować się [perfective] (Polish), пощадить (poščaditʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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        "(usually in the imperative) To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage."
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      "sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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      "sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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      "sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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