MERCY

(LUCK) [noun] [U] - an event or situation which is considered to be good or lucky because it is not as bad as it had been or could have beenIt is a mercy that no-one was killed in the car crash.After months of suffering, his death was a mercy.If something such as a flight is described as a mercy, it brings help to people who are suffering.A mercy flight bringing 68 seriously wounded refugees from Bosnia arrived in Britain last night.The trucks were on a mercy mission taking badly needed aid to the war zone when they were hit by mortar shells.