Mercy
Mercy noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
Selflessness and mercy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selflessness" instead a noun "Mercy".
Selflessness
Selflessness noun - Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
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Synonyms for Selflessness
Mercy and selflessness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mercy" instead a noun "Selflessness".
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Related pairs
- kindness and mercy
- kindness and selflessness
- benevolence and mercy
- benevolence and selflessness
- compassion and mercy
- compassion and selflessness
- sympathy and mercy
- sympathy and selflessness
- humanity and mercy
- humanity and selflessness
- kindliness and mercy
- kindliness and selflessness
- benignity and mercy
- benignity and selflessness
Both words in one sentence
- Seeing the big picture, having clarity, doing what's right, and showing kindness, selflessness and mercy towards all does make a good leader, and is the best way to combat the evil in the world that would exploit people's hatred and selfishness.
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