have mercy

idiom

: to treat with kindness and forgiveness

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Fact check: Bishop who asked Trump to ‘have mercy’ not removed. —

Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 Zoom in: Trump attended a Tuesday church service at the National Cathedral where Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the president to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ children. —

April Rubin, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for have mercy