Clemency Definition

klĕmən-sē
clemencies
noun
clemencies
Forbearance, leniency, or mercy, as toward an offender or enemy.
Webster's New World
A merciful or lenient act.
Webster's New World
Mildness, as of weather.
Webster's New World
An act of mercy or leniency.
Webster's New World Law
The grant by the president or by the governor of a state of an amnesty, pardon, or reprieve or of a commutation of a criminal sentence.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • no mercy

Other Word Forms of Clemency

Noun

Singular:
clemency
Plural:
clemencies

Origin of Clemency

  • From Latin clementia.

    From Wiktionary

Clemency Sentence Examples

  • Royal clemency is frequently shown, often, perhaps, with want of judgment.

  • I ask you to show similar clemency in this case.

  • The only hope of the Jews lay in the clemency of their victorious suzerain, and it did not fail them.

  • Oh, and the governor who can grant clemency?

  • Learning nothing from such clemency, Warbeck then tried to escape and was sent to the Tower.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLE

Words Ending With

YCYNCY

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Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CL & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With CY

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With Y