Mercy
Withholding a harm one had the right to inflict — choosing not to exercise an entitled punishment.
Mercy in a dream is the dream's image of withholding a harm one had the right to inflict. Mercy is not weakness; mercy is the deliberate non-use of a justified blow. The dream brings mercy when something in your life — a moment of having the upper hand, a position of earned grievance, a contest already won — is at the point where the next move could either complete the punishment or release it. Mercy extended honestly is the dream affirming the chosen non-stroke. Mercy declared in language and then quietly reversed in private acts is the dream noting that the public release has been made and the private accounting has not let go.