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: The Works of Mercy, c. 1680]] Mercy ( Middle English , from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin , "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merx'' "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict) or on the part of a humanitarian third party (e.g. a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims). Mercy is a term used to describe the leniency or Compassion shown by one person to another, or a request from one person to another to be shown such leniency or compassion. One of the basic virtues of Chivalry and Christian Ethics , it is also related to concepts of Justice and Morality in behaviour between people. In India, compassion is known as Karuna . In a legal sense, a defendant having been found guilty of a Capital Crime may ask for Clemency from being Executed . (A famous literary example is from The Merchant Of Venice when Portia asks Shylock to show mercy. ''The quality of mercy is not strained'', she tells him.) A number of organisations (e.g. the Mercy Corps , the Sisters Of Mercy and the Temple Of Mercy And Charity ) use the word "mercy" in their name to describe their work. REFERENCES
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