have mercy
verb
- to receive pardon
Wiktionary
intj
- Synonym of lawdamercy.
“Have mercy! Did you see her walkin by? I'll be thinkin about that sight all night!”
verb
- To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.
“"I have learnt it!" cried the old man. "Oh, have mercy on me in this hour, if, in my love for her, so young and good, I slandered Nature in the breasts of mothers rendered desperate! Pity my presumption, wickedness, and ignorance, and save her!"”