misericordia
misericordia is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.
- 2.(Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessible
- achievable
- admit
- agreement
- and
- anything
- are
- attainable
- barely
- bear
- but
- chance
- compatibility
- compatible
- conceivable
- contingency
- contingent
- credible
- dice
- distance
- doubtful
- effect
- feasibility
- feasible
- haply
- have
- improbable
- inter
- just
- likely
- luck
- marginally
- may
- maybe
- mayhap
- measurable
- obtainable
- ours
- peradventure
- perchance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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