Spare
Weak
Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Both words in one sentence
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Then she grumbles that she is not only a failure but also a weakling because she was too weak to pull the trigger and spare herself and everyone else of more pain.
Source: Manga / Evangelion 303 - It turned out that they had gorged themselves in a mad burst of joyful gluttony on spare army rations handed out by well-meaning but medically untrained GI's and had overstrained their weak stomachs.
Source: Mundane Luxury -
They generally don't like it when characters spare the villains for incredibly weak reasons other than "It'd be wrong to kill them" or simply not take the initiative to kill the villain standing in front of them.
Source: Lets Play / Spoiler Warning
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