English Explanatory Dictionary

clemency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
  2. A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
  3. Mildness of weather.

Pronunciation

/ˈklɛ.mən.si/ /ˈklɛ.mən(t).si/ en-au-clemency.ogg

Word forms

clemency clemencies

Etymology

From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.

Antonyms

cruelty

Related words

clemence clement

Translations

Bulgarian: смекчаване Czech: milost French: clémence German: Milde German: Mildheit Latvian: apžēlošana Russian: поми́лование Slovene: pomilostitev Spanish: clemencia
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