4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Clemency \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. [1913 Webster] Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. --Stowe. [1913 Webster] They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season. Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: clemency n 1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn: {mildness}] 2: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court" [syn: {mercifulness}, {mercy}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: CLEMENCY. The disposition to treat with leniency. See Mercy; Pardon.
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