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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɝsɪfl̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-merciful.ogg Forms: more merciful [comparative], most merciful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy + -ful. Displaced native Old English mildheort. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|merciful}} Middle English merciful, {{suffix|en|mercy|ful|pos=adjective}} mercy + -ful, {{ncog|ang|mildheort}} Old English mildheort Head templates: {{en-adj}} merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)
  1. Showing mercy. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: ruthful Derived forms: mercifulness Translations (showing mercy): ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) (Ancient Greek), رَحِيم (raḥīm) (Arabic), ողորմած (oġormac) (Armenian), міласэ́рны (milasérny) (Belarusian), лі́тасцівы (lítascivy) (Belarusian), мі́ласцівы (mílascivy) (Belarusian), мі́ласлівы (mílaslivy) (Belarusian), милости́в (milostív) (Bulgarian), милосъ́рден (milosǎ́rden) (Bulgarian), състрада́телен (sǎstradátelen) (Bulgarian), 仁慈 (réncí) (Chinese Mandarin), 慈悲的 (cíbēi-de) (Chinese Mandarin), milosrdný (Czech), milostivý (Czech), barmhartig (Dutch), genadig (Dutch), armelias (Finnish), armollinen (Finnish), miséricordieux (French), indulgent (French), sensible (French), გულმოწყალე (gulmoc̣q̇ale) (Georgian), სათნო (satno) (Georgian), gnädig (German), barmherzig (German), 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs) (Gothic), 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (armahairts) (Gothic), רַחֲמָן (raẖamán) [masculine] (Hebrew), רַחוּם (raẖúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), kegyes (Hungarian), könyörületes (Hungarian), misericordioso (Italian), 慈悲深い (jihibukai) (alt: じひぶかい) (Japanese), 慈愛深い (jiaibukai) (alt: じあいぶかい) (Japanese), 자비롭다 (jabiropda) (Korean), žieleigs (Latgalian), misericors (Latin), žēlīgs (Latvian), милостив (milostiv) (Macedonian), милослив (milosliv) (Macedonian), милосен (milosen) (Macedonian), милосрден (milosrden) (Macedonian), whakaaroha (Maori), mînséthicordieux (Norman), mildheort (Old English), رحیم (Ottoman Turkish), مهربان (mehrabân) (Persian), رحیم (rahim) (Persian), بخشایشگر (baxšâyešgar) (Persian), erboarmlich (Plautdietsch), miłosierny (Polish), litościwy (Polish), miłościwy (Polish), misericordioso (Portuguese), piedoso [masculine] (Portuguese), milostiv (Romanian), îndurător (Romanian), милосе́рдный (milosérdnyj) (Russian), ми́лостивый (mílostivyj) (Russian), сострада́тельный (sostradátelʹnyj) (Russian), tròcaireach (Scottish Gaelic), cneasta (Scottish Gaelic), truacanta (Scottish Gaelic), ми̏лоср̄дан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мѝлостӣв [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mȉlosr̄dan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mìlostīv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), milosrdný (Slovak), milostivý (Slovak), milosten (Slovene), usmiljen (Slovene), misericordioso (Spanish), nådig (Swedish), aräñcatste (Tocharian B), marimari (Tok Pisin), merhametli (Turkish), rahman (Turkish), rahim (Turkish), милосе́рдий (mylosérdyj) (Ukrainian), милосе́рдний (mylosérdnyj) (Ukrainian), ми́лостивий (mýlostyvyj) (Ukrainian), милости́вий (mylostývyj) (Ukrainian), רחמנותדיק (rakhmonesdik) (Yiddish)
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Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "word": "გულმოწყალე"
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          "roman": "satno",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "roman": "bleiþs",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "miłościwy"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "word": "piedoso"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "milostiv"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "îndurător"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "milosérdnyj",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "cneasta"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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        {
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "sl",
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
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          "code": "txb",
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        {
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "marimari"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "merhametli"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "rahman"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "rahim"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "милосе́рдий"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "милосе́рдний"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "ми́лостивий"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mylostývyj",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "милости́вий"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "rakhmonesdik",
          "sense": "showing mercy",
          "word": "רחמנותדיק"
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latgalian translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
        "Terms with Tok Pisin translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "رَحِيم"
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      "roman": "oġormac",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "ողորմած"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "міласэ́рны"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "лі́тасцівы"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "мі́ласлівы"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милости́в"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "milosǎ́rden",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "състрада́телен"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "仁慈"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "cíbēi-de",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "慈悲的"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milosrdný"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milostivý"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "barmhartig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "genadig"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "armelias"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "armollinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "miséricordieux"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "indulgent"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "sensible"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulmoc̣q̇ale",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "გულმოწყალე"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "satno",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "სათნო"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "gnädig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "barmherzig"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "bleiþs",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "armahairts",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "ἐλεήμων"
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "raẖamán",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
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      "word": "רַחֲמָן"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "raẖúm",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "רַחוּם"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "kegyes"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "könyörületes"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "misericordioso"
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      "alt": "じひぶかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jihibukai",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "慈悲深い"
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      "alt": "じあいぶかい",
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      "roman": "jiaibukai",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "慈愛深い"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jabiropda",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "자비롭다"
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      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "žieleigs"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "misericors"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "žēlīgs"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милостив"
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    {
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      "word": "милослив"
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      "word": "милосен"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "милосрден"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "whakaaroha"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "mînséthicordieux"
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "mildheort"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "رحیم"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mehrabân",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "مهربان"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "rahim",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "رحیم"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "baxšâyešgar",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "بخشایشگر"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "erboarmlich"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "miłosierny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "litościwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "miłościwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "misericordioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piedoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milostiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "îndurător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "milosérdnyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милосе́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mílostivyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "ми́лостивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostradátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "сострада́тельный"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "tròcaireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "cneasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "truacanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ми̏лоср̄дан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мѝлостӣв"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mȉlosr̄dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mìlostīv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milosrdný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milostivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "milosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "usmiljen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "misericordioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "nådig"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "aräñcatste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "marimari"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "merhametli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "rahman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "rahim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylosérdyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милосе́рдий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylosérdnyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милосе́рдний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mýlostyvyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "ми́лостивий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mylostývyj",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "милости́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rakhmonesdik",
      "sense": "showing mercy",
      "word": "רחמנותדיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merciful"
}

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