A prayer for mercy. / An expression of lamentation or complaint. / A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.

Relaxation of monastic rules. / The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.

plural of misericorde

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To submit a person or an animal to euthanasia.

The property of being miserly.

(forestry, logging) A two-man crosscut saw, often more than ten feet in length, used to fell large trees.

plural of misericord

plural of miserabilist

One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.

Miserable, pessimistic.