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give quarter

VERB
pity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
feel for forgive pardon
STRONG
ache comfort commiserate condole console relent reprieve solace soothe sympathize understand
WEAK
be sorry for be sympathetic bleed for feel with grant amnesty grieve with have compassion have mercy on identify with lament with put out of one's misery show forgiveness show sympathy take pity on weep for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
punish
STRONG
agitate annoy distress hurt trouble upset worry
WEAK
disdain scorn
VERB
relent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acquiesce capitulate cave in come around comply ease off give in give up let go quit relax slacken soften subside
STRONG
drop ease ebb fall fold forbear melt moderate slow wane weaken yield
WEAK
be merciful change one's mind cool it cry uncle die away ease up on give some slack give way go along with go easy on have mercy have pity lay back let it happen lighten up mellow out say uncle show mercy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grow increase worry
STRONG
advance ascend continue free rise
WEAK
build

Example Sentences

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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012

Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012

He has never been known to give quarter to any one.

From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

If this were so, they would not differ much from the world in general, for it will not give quarter to any man who cannot claim it by his own might.

From The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers by Luce, Robert

Wait a bit—but I don’t know how I am to ask you to give quarter to the fiends who did all this.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.