Care
Care noun - Strict attentiveness to what one is doing.
Mercy
Mercy noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
Usage example: always show your enemies mercy, because it makes you a better person
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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All the better to make him entirely dependent on Falklands care and mercy
Despair Event Horizon: Falklands death is this for Caleb.
Source: Literature / Caleb Williams - Jeremy finds himself at the mercy of a pack of hunting dogs and tells his kids to take care of their mother.
Source: Take Care of the Kids - Reg, in particular, likens the abortions to mercy killings, since most of them would have been born to mothers who couldn't care for them.
Source: Shoot The Dog / Film
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