{"def":{"short":"compassion (human or divine, especially active)","long":["mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them",["of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful","of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ","the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life"]]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈɛ.lɛ.os","ipa_mod":"ˈe̞.le̞.ows","sbl":"eleos","dic":"EH-leh-ose","dic_mod":"A-lay-ose"}}