Comfort and Mercy

Comfort

Comfort noun - A feeling of ease from grief or trouble.

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Mercy and comfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mercy" instead a noun "Comfort".

Mercy noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.

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Comfort and mercy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comfort" instead a noun "Mercy".

Nearby Words: merciful, mercifully, mercer

human	human comfort	human mercy
good	good comfort	good mercy
pure	pure comfort	pure mercy
better	better comfort	better mercy
Other adjectives: utter, total, genuine, dubious, small, real, constant, great, little, bitter, personal, sole, less, slightest, last, comparative.

It nearly gets Martin killed at the pool party, but later it saves David's life when he begs for mercy at the Flesh Fair, the patrons unable to go through the execution as he's just too human-like for their comfort.

Source: Film / A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
When Mercy next appears many issues later, we see that revenge has brought her absolutely no comfort, as she's now wracked with guilt over having slain an innocent child.

Source: Reality Ensues / Comic Books
The song comes to represent the support and comfort Breq draws from Mercy of Kalr and her crew.My mother said it all goes around, it all goes around, the ship goes around the station... Living Emotional Crutch: Breq becomes this to Seivarden.

Source: Literature / Ancillary Justice

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