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have mercy

verb

  1. to receive pardon
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Wiktionary

intj

  1. Synonym of lawdamercy.

    Have mercy! Did you see her walkin by? I'll be thinkin about that sight all night!

verb

  1. 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!"