unmercy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English onmerci, unmerci, unmercy; equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + mercy.
Noun[edit]
unmercy (countable and uncountable, plural unmercies)
- The lack or absence of mercy; mercilessness.
- 1870, Octavius Perinchief, Sermons Preached in Memorial Church, Baltimore:
- There is justice and injustice, mercy and unmercy, love and unlove, self and unself, faithfulness and unfaithfulness, the well-being of others and the ill-being of others, the honor of God and the dishonor of God.