| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
merciful |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering: charitable, compassionate, human, humane, humanitarian. See ATTITUDE, KIND. 2. Not strict or severe: charitable, clement, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, soft, tolerant. See ACCEPT. |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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