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Mercy is leniency or compassion. In sport, the mercy rule may be applied.

Mercy may also refer to:

Places

• Mercy Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada
• Mercy, Allier, Allier department, France, a commune
• Mercy, Yonne, Yonne department, France, a commune
• Mercy, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes municipality

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Mercy (comics), a villain at the Marvel Comics universe
• Mercy, a character in the 1979 film The Warriors
• Mercy Bromage, a character from the 2017 movie My Days of Mercy
• Mercy Chant, a minor character in the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles
• Mercy Graves, a character from Superman: The Animated Series
• Mercy Hartigan, the human accomplice of the Cybermen in The Next Doctor
• Mercy Olubunmi, in the British soap opera EastEnders and Internet spin-off EastEnders: E20
• Mercy Thompson, in an urban fantasy series written by Patricia Briggs
• Mercy (Overwatch), from the 2016 video game Overwatch

Fictional places

• Mercy, Saskatchewan, the setting for the Canadian sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie

Film

• Mercy (1953 film), a Mexican drama
• Mercy (1995 film), a thriller written and directed by Richard Shepard
• Mercy (2000 film), a thriller directed by Damian Harris
• Mercy (2009 film), a romantic drama directed by Patrick Hoelck
• Mercy (2012 film), a German film
• Mercy (2014 film), an American horror film
• Mercy (2016 film), a home invasion thriller
• Mercy (2017 film), a drama romance film
• The Mercy, a 2017 British film directed by James Marsh
• Mercy (2023 film), an American action film

Games

• Mercy (game), a children's game that involves the bending back of an opponent's hands
• Mercy, a move related to the Fatality in the video game series Mortal Kombat

Literature

• Mercy (Vertigo), a graphic novel in DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
• A Mercy, a 2008 novel by Toni Morrison
• Mercy (novel), a 1996 novel by Jodi Picoult
• Mercy, a 1991 book by Andrea Dworkin

Music

• Mercy (band), a 1960s pop group

Albums

• Mercy (Steve Jones album), 1987
• Mercy, by Bryan Duncan, 1992
• Mercy, by Andraé Crouch, 1994
• Mercy (Meredith Monk album), 2002
• Mercy (Salmonella Dub remix album), 2004
• Mercy (Burden Brothers album), 2006
• Mercy (Planes Mistaken for Stars album), 2006
• Mercy (Rocco DeLuca and the Burden album), 2009
• Mercy, by Natalie Bergman, 2021
• Mercy (Trey Anastasio album), 2022
• Mercy (John Cale album), 2023
• Mercy (Remo Drive album), 2024

Songs

• "Mercy" (Brett Young song)
• "Mercy" (Dave Matthews Band song)
• "Mercy" (Duffy song)
• "Mercy" (Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music song)
• "Mercy" (Madame Monsieur song)
• "Mercy" (Muse song)
• "Mercy", by OneRepublic from Dreaming Out Loud, 2007
• "Mercy" (Shawn Mendes song)
• "Mercy" (Kanye West song)

Television

• Mercy (TV series), an American medical drama
• "Mercy" (The Walking Dead), an episode

Organizations

• Mercy (healthcare organization), a Catholic health system in the United States sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy
• Mercy Malaysia, a Malaysia-based relief group
• Mercy Ministries, a Charity organization

Schools

• Mercy College (disambiguation)
• Mercy High School (disambiguation)
• Mercy Academy, an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Louisville, Kentucky

People

• Mercy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname

Other uses

• Mercy Hospital (disambiguation)
• USS Mercy, three United States Navy hospital ships
• Mercy-class hospital ship
• Mercy (cipher), a disk encryption algorithm
• Mercy (drink), a hangover preventative beverage
• Waylon Mercy, later stage name for former professional wrestler Dan Spivey