n. 25B6; noun
he showed no mercy to the others : LENIENCY, clemency, compassion, grace, pity, charity, forgiveness, forbearance, quarter, humanity; soft-heartedness, tender-heartedness, kindness, sympathy, liberality, indulgence, tolerance, generosity, magnanimity, beneficence.
we must be thankful for small mercies : BLESSING, godsend, boon, favour, piece/stroke of luck.
ruthlessness, cruelty.
25A0; at the mercy of
they found themselves at the mercy of the tyrant : IN THE POWER OF, under/in the control of, in the clutches of, under the heel of, subject to.
he was at the mercy of the elements : DEFENCELESS AGAINST, vulnerable to, exposed to, susceptible to, prey to, (wide) open to.