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Definition of Clemency
1. Noun. Good weather with comfortable temperatures.
Generic synonyms: Good Weather
Specialized synonyms: Balminess, Softness
Derivative terms: Clement, Mild
2. Noun. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. "He threw himself on the mercy of the court"
Generic synonyms: Lenience, Leniency
Specialized synonyms: Commutation, Re-sentencing, Amnesty, Free Pardon, Pardon, Quarter, Reprieve, Respite
Derivative terms: Clement, Merciful
Definition of Clemency
1. n. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
Definition of Clemency
1. Noun. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Mildness of weather. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clemency
1. mercy [n -CIES] - See also: mercy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clemency
Literary usage of Clemency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seneca's Morals: By Way of Abstract. To which is Added a Discourse, Under by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1834)
"But before we enter any farther upon the discourse, it should be first known what
clemency is, that we may distinguish it from pity; which is a weakness, ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Hence Seneca says, " clemency is a gentleness of spirit. ... Now clemency and
meekness cannot be virtues absolutely of the first rank, because their merit ..."
3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"There may be much question whether the fact of tendering his resignation was not
of itself a virtual acceptance of the president's clemency for the reason ..."
4. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"The invitation you have made, in the consciousness of Christianity, your royal
master's clemency, and the honor of soldiers.up, * tunk- fully accept. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1898)
"A people accustomed to applaud the clemency of His clemency *ne conqueror, if
the usual punishments of death, and victory. ..."
6. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Ca- mille Des- moulins makes a plea for clemency ... and indivisible) Desmoulins
no longer extenuates the work of the guillotine but pleads for clemency. ..."
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