Antonyms for mercilessness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mur-si-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr sɪ lɪs

Definition of mercilessness

Origin : late 14c., see mercy + -less. Related: Mercilessly.

As in savagery : noun cruelty
As in spitefulness : noun vindictiveness
As in truculence : noun cruelty
As in truculency : noun cruelty
As in vengefulness : noun vindictiveness
As in cruelty : noun brutality, harshness

Example sentences :

The girl was appalled by the mercilessness of a destiny that had so outraged right.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The mercilessness and cruelty of the Spartans were proverbial.
Extract from : « Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals » by Thomas Davidson

God will rule the world by justice as long as we rule it by our mercilessness.
Extract from : « Serbia in Light and Darkness » by Nikolaj Velimirovic

Taltavull shrieked for the driver to quicken, and the driver used the butt of his whip-stock with true Southern mercilessness.
Extract from : « The Recipe for Diamonds » by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

Djezzar means butcher: he had well earned this title by the mercilessness of his administration.
Extract from : « The History of Napoleon Buonaparte » by John Gibson Lockhart

In the character of Peter there was a singular compound of magnanimity and of the most brutal insensibility and mercilessness.
Extract from : « The Empire of Russia » by John S. C. Abbott

It had come with a mercilessness which those who knew him regarded as only to be expected in a man of Pap Shaunbaum's record.
Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum

This Weeden owned a woman called "Ceal," who was a standing proof of his mercilessness.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

There ran through her a fine vein of mercilessness, but it was without cruelty, it was leavened with both logic and justice.
Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath

Slavery has no respect for the affections, as is evinced by the mercilessness with which she sunders every family tie.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for mercilessness

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