Courtesy and Mercy

Courtesy

Courtesy noun - An act of kind assistance.
Usage example: did me the courtesy of loaning me his jacket

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

Nearby Word: courteous

Mercy

Mercy noun - An act of kind assistance.
Usage example: did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded

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

Nearby Words: merciful, mercifully, mercer

How words are described

good good courtesy good mercy
special special courtesy special mercy
better better courtesy better mercy
common common courtesy common mercy
Other adjectives: complete, certain, entire, little, novel, few.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Badass Boast: Courtesy of Electro: Electro: Soon, everyone in this city will know how it feels to live in my world... a world without power... without mercy... a world without Spider-Man.
  • Film / Ever After Cruel Mercy: Danielle keeps Rodmilla from being shipped off to the Americas... by asking the king to "show her the same courtesy that she has bestowed upon me." Cut to Rodmilla and Marguerite being ushered to their new jobs in the palace laundry where Rodmilla now runs as management.
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