- clemency
- Mildness; a disposition to forgive or to be lenient in punishment; the granting of a pardon or commutation of sentence.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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clemency — clem·en·cy / kle mən sē/ n pl cies 1: willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2: an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute … Law dictionary
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clemency — 1 lenity, *mercy, charity, grace Analogous words: ..compassion, pity, commiseration, *sympathy, ruth: gentleness, mildness (see corresponding adjectives at SOFT): fairness, equitableness, justness (see corresponding adjectives at FAIR) Antonyms:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Clemency — f English: rare variant of CLEMENCE (SEE Clemence) or a direct use of the abstract noun, on the model of CHARITY (SEE Charity), FAITH (SEE Faith), MERCY (SEE Mercy), etc … First names dictionary
clemency — (n.) 1550s, mildness or gentleness shown in exercise of authority, from L. clementia calmness, gentleness, from clemens calm, mild, related to clinare to lean (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) + participial suffix menos (also in alumnus). For sense… … Etymology dictionary
clemency — [n] forgiveness caritas, charity, compassion, endurance, equitableness, fairness, forbearance, gentleness, grace, humanity, indulgence, justness, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderation, soft… … New thesaurus
clemency — [klem′ən sē] n. pl. clemencies [ME clemencie < L clementia < clemens, merciful] 1. forbearance, leniency, or mercy, as toward an offender or enemy 2. a merciful or lenient act 3. mildness, as of weather SYN. MERCY … English World dictionary
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clemency — n. 1) to show clemency 2) to beg for, seek clemency 3) to deny clemency * * * [ klemənsɪ] seek clemency to beg for to deny clemency to show clemency … Combinatory dictionary
