Freedom and Mercy

Freedom

Freedom noun - The state of being free from the control or power of another.

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

Nearby Word: freely

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

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

Nearby Words: merciful, mercifully, mercer

human	human freedom	human mercy
pure	pure freedom	pure mercy
better	better freedom	better mercy
common	common freedom	common mercy
Other adjectives: complete, certain, utter, total, genuine, single, real, great, little, slight, personal, continued, less, aforementioned.

Knight Captain Cullen in Dragon Age II is strongly opposed to granting freedom to the mages, but he's also the first templar to show mercy to them if they deserve it.

Source: Noble Bigot with a Badge
Kelsier from Mistborn is a brilliant revolutionary determined to bring down The Empire, but he has absolutely no mercy for the nobility, even those who seem to be good people, and those who know him best suspect that he's in this as much for personal glory as for freedom.

Source: Anti Hero / Literature
Dragon Age II, however, shows no mercy in its sadistic choice, when Anders destroys the Kirkwall Chantry, Hawke is forced to choose between the Templars and the Mages and with it, potentially half of the party who have their own reservations about the freedom of mages.

Source: Sadistic Choice / Video Games

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