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, a character in the 2019 horror comic series Witch Creek Road
  • 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
  • Mercy Watson, the main character from the Mercy Watson series

Fictional places

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

Film

  • Mercy (1953 film), a Mexican drama directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza
  • Mercy (1995 film), a crime film starring Sam Rockwell and John Rubinstein
  • Mercy (2000 film), a crime film starring Ellen Barkin and Julian Sands
  • Mercy (2009 film), a romantic drama about a writer who pursues a romance with a critic
  • Mercy (2012 film), a German drama film about a couple and their teenage son who emigrate to the north of Norway
  • Mercy (2014 film), an American horror film that loosely adapts the Stephen King short story "Gramma"
  • Mercy (2016 film), a home invasion thriller distributed on Netflix
  • The Mercy, a 2017 British biographical drama film about an amateur yacht sailor in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race
  • Mercy (2023 film), an American action film starring Leah Gibson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Jon Voight
  • Mercy (2025 film), an Indian drama film starring Adil Hussain
  • Mercy (2026 film), an American science fiction film starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson

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
  • Mercy, a 2019 storyline of the horror comic Witch Creek Road season 2 by Garth Matthams and Kenan Halilović

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
  • Mercy (Armand Hammer and the Alchemist album), 2025

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", by Monsta X from No Limit, 2021
  • "Mercy" (Muse song)
  • "Mercy", by OneRepublic from Dreaming Out Loud, 2007
  • Mercy (President song), 2026
  • "Mercy" (Shawn Mendes song)
  • "Mercy" (Kanye West song)
  • "Mercy", by Wire from Chairs Missing, 1978

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)
  • , 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

See also

  • La Mercy, a suburb of the eThekwini municipality, South Africa
  • "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", a 1966 jazz instrumental written by Joe Zawinul for Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
  • "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay song), a 1965 soul song
  • "Aw' Mercy", a song by Booker T. & the M.G.'s from the album Soul Dressing
  • Mercy-le-Bas, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
  • Mercy-le-Haut, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
  • Val-de-Mercy, in the Yonne department