merciful
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Some reported that he made a pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site in Mecca and adopted the name Abdul Rahman - Arabic for "servant of the merciful Lord" - although evidence is unclear, Gilham added.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Unfortunately at this point most in the audience will be hoping that the play itself will soon come to a merciful end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
“I think Pope Francis encouraged all of us to be merciful, to practice that divine mercy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
But it takes even more courage to be merciful to people who do not deserve it.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024
Be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.