About The Word Clemency
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Clemency
Clemency Definition And Meaning |
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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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