Clemency - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈklemənsɪ|
Brit.
|ˈklemənsɪ|
noun
- good weather with comfortable temperatures (syn: mildness)
- leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice (syn: mercifulness, mercy)
- leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice (syn: mercifulness, mercy)
Extra examples
The President has granted clemency to several people this month.
...the judge chose to show clemency to the truly repentant embezzler...
She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband.
As an act of clemency, president granted an amnesty to all political prisoners.
He supplicated the King for clemency
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