mercifulness

noun

1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
   1. he threw himself on the mercy of the court

   Synonym:    clemencymercy

2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
   1. in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband

   Synonym:    mercy

3. the feeling that motivates compassion

   Synonym:    mercy