misericordia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- mercy noun Kindness or forgiveness shown toward someone who could reasonably be punished or treated harshly instead.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
Senses
misericordia is used for these senses in English:
- compassion (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
- lovingkindness (uncountable) Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.
- pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
mercy — full definition
- noun Kindness or forgiveness shown toward someone who could reasonably be punished or treated harshly instead.
- noun A fortunate thing; a blessing, especially something to be grateful for given the circumstances.
- intj Used to express surprise, alarm, or relief.