"great mercy" is a correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe an act of kindness or forgiveness shown towards someone. Example: The judge showed great mercy towards the defendant, reducing their sentence and giving them a chance to turn their life around.
I think that in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal a great mercy".
And this is why he is able to argue with a face full of winning innocence that to "stop the boats" is an act of great mercy.
But after sentence was passed, a messenger from the Senior General burst into the courtroom to announce that, in his great mercy, he was cutting the sentence in half, to 18 months.
The last collect goes like this: Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Wipe away my sins, O Lord, with your great mercy.
For laughter is an act of great mercy and wisdom.
Over time, there seemed a Southern tinge to her Boston Irish lilt, and greater mercy in her proudly liberal outlook.
In short, I thought that great moral benefits to individuals came at the price of increasing the supply of labor — and of weakening family bonds — thus leaving individuals at the greater mercy of their employers and, for that matter, of state power as such.
George described his son's death simply as "the greatest mercy possible".
"Perhaps science and policy suggest society should show greater mercy to young killers, giving them a greater chance to reform themselves at the risk that they will kill again," Roberts wrote.
Dr. Moskowitz's experiences in the Holocaust should compel us to have the greatest rachmanus, (mercy in Yiddish), they should compel us to have the greatest understanding and respect for life, but they should not compel us to consider his ideas wise -- if our goal is the protection of human life on both sides.
