'Clemency' definitions:
Definition of 'clemency'
(from WordNet)
noun
Good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn: mildness, clemency]
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" [syn: clemency, mercifulness, mercy]
Definition of 'Clemency'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'clemency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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