show mercy

There was much hope when Pope Francis was elected that he would show mercy to the American sisters.

Did you show mercy to my brother Gerhard, whose eyes were put out by your orders?

The best service thou canst render is to show mercy to thyself.

And would He not show mercy and destroy the residue of His people?

Yet that you may know Mohammed can show mercy, I give you your life.

Like she-wolves, fiendish cats, and vicious horses, they have been known to show mercy to children.