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"ref": "1844, Charles Dickens, The Chimes",
"text": "\"I have learnt it!\" cried the old man. \"Oh, have mercy on me in this hour, if, in my love for her, so young and good, I slandered Nature in the breasts of mothers rendered desperate! Pity my presumption, wickedness, and ignorance, and save her!\"",
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"To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage."
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"(usually in the imperative) To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "raḥima",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "رَحِمَ"
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"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "sich erbarmen"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eleéō",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "ἐλεέω"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dayā karnā",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "दया करना"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "könyörül"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "megkönyörül"
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"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "irgalmaz"
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"code": "hu",
"english": "take pity, commiserate",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "szán"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "megszán"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "miseror"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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"word": "zmiłować się"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poščaditʹ",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "пощадить"
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"word": "have mercy"
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"sense": "to show mercy",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "raḥima",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "رَحِمَ"
},
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"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "sich erbarmen"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eleéō",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "ἐλεέω"
},
{
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dayā karnā",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "दया करना"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "könyörül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "megkönyörül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "irgalmaz"
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"code": "hu",
"english": "take pity, commiserate",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "szán"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "megszán"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "miseror"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zmiłować się"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poščaditʹ",
"sense": "show mercy or compassion",
"word": "пощадить"
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"word": "have mercy"
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