clemency

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, pardon, reprieve

clemency: I noun absolution, amnesty, benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, charity, dementia, clementness, commutation, compassion, consideration, decency, disposition to mercy, disposition to pardon, excuse, exemption, extenuation, forbearance, forgiveness, forgivingness, generosity, generousness, gentleness, good will, grace, humaneness, humanity, indemnity, indulgence, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, liberality, magnanimity, magnanimousness, mansuetuda, mercifulness, mercy, obligingness, pardon, pardoning, purgation, release, reprieve, respite, temperance, tolerance, toleration, willingness to forgive associated concepts: clemency by the Governor, clemency by the President of the United States, Executive clemency II index benevolence (disposition to do good), charity, condonation, consideration (sympathetic regard), grace, humanity (humaneness), indulgence, lenience, pardon

clemency: n.
Mercy, forgiveness, or leniency.

clemency: n.

1 An act of mercy or leniency.

2 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.

clemency: Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner.

clemency: Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner.

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Synonyms:

Lenity, lenience, leniency, mildness, mercifulness, mercy, gentleness, forgivingness, compassion, tenderness, kindness, fellow-feeling, long-suffering, freedom from vindictiveness, disposition to mercy / Softness, mildness (Said of weather, etc.)

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Clemency — (lb) Kënzeg (de) Küntzig … Wikipédia en Français
Clémency — Clemency 49°35′52″N 5°52′26″E / 49.59778, 5.87389 … Wikipédia en Français
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
Clemency — Wappen Karte Basisdaten Distrikt … Deutsch Wikipedia
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

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