mercifulness

noun

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
処罰を与える任にある人物や機関によって、犯罪者に対して示される寛大さや同情
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
  彼は法廷の慈悲にすがった
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
優しく、寛大な性質
- in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
  昔は妻は夫の慈悲に頼らなければならなかった
the feeling that motivates compassion
同情を誘う気持ち