have mercy

idiom

: to treat with kindness and forgiveness

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The bakery went viral this week for selling cookies depicting Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop Mariann Budde, who pled with President Donald Trump to have mercy in her Jan. 21 sermon. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025 Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop who implored Trump to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ people during an inaugural prayer service, defended her speech. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025 Church and State During the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked President Trump to have mercy on L.G.B.T.Q. children, undocumented immigrants and others who might be frightened about his return to power. Trish Bendix, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 And another of Trump’s alarming executive order declares that only two sexes—male and female—will be recognized by the federal government, causing a bishop in a pulpit to literally ask Trump to have mercy. Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for have mercy 

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“Have mercy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20mercy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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