About The Word Clemency

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Clemency

Clemency Meaning & Definition
Clemency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clemency?

[n] leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
[n] good weather with comfortable temperatures

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clemency: mercifulness | mercy | mildness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Clemency: acceptance | benevolence | caritas | charity | clementness | commiseration | compassion | condolence | easiness | easygoingness | endurance | equitableness | fairness | favor | feeling | forbearance | forbearing | forgiveness | gentleness | grace | humaneness | humanity | indulgence | just | kindness | laxness | lenience | leniency | lenientness | lenity | mercifulness | mercy | mildness | mitigation | moderateness | pardon | pathos | patience | pity | quarter | relief | reprieve | ruth | self-pity | softness | sufferance | sympathy | tenderness | tolerance | toleration

See Also | amnesty | commutation | free pardon | good weather | lenience | leniency | pardon | reprieve | re-sentencing | respite

Clemency In Webster's Dictionary

\Clem"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Clemencies}. [L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm.] 1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. --Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay. 2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season. Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.

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