CLEMENCY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

2.
n.

Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.


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