About The Word Clemency
Learn about the word Clemency to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Clemency definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Clemency
| 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Tagus river ‐ a European river; flows into the…
- Balustrade ‐ a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people…
- Inseminate ‐ introduce semen into (a female) [v] place seeds in (the ground);…
- Contemplation ‐ a long and thoughtful observation [n] a calm lengthy intent…
- Calycophyllum candidissimum ‐ source of a tough…
- Agincourt ‐ a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under…
- Beauteousness ‐ the quality of being good looking and…
- Compulsory ‐ required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory";…
- Photoengraving ‐ an engraving used to reproduce an…
- And how ‐ an expression of emphatic…