Merciful /(?)/

Mer·ci·ful

Merciful

a.
  1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of merciless.
    The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious.
    — Ex. xxxiv. 6.
    Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold.
  2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
    A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.
    — Old Proverb.