• Shona word nyasha in the Shona Dictionary
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nyasha
/ɲaʃa/

• noun , class(10)
• synonyms: mapere
• dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru

English translation

grace

1. That element or quality of form, manner, movement, carriage, deportment, language, etc., which renders it pleasing or agreeable ; elegance or beauty of form, outline, manner, motion, or act; pleasing harmony or appropriateness; that quality in a thing or an act which charms or delights.
2. Amenity of disposition or manner; sweetness or amiability; graciousness ; politeness; courtesy; civility.
3. A pleasing and attractive quality or endowment; beauty; adornment; embellishment.
4. Favour; goodwill; friendship; favourable disposition to another; favourable regard.
5. An act of kindness or favor accorded to or bestowed on another; a good turn or service freely rendered.
6. Virtue; power; efficacy.

English translation

mercy

Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.

English translation

kindness

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.