clemency.
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
Meaning & usage
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
Mildness of weather.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.
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