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The meaning of CLEMENCY is disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due. How to use clemency in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Clemency.
In law and criminal justice, clemency refers specifically to an executive official (like a president or governor) officially granting mercy to someone who has been convicted of a crime.
CLEMENCY definition: 1. kindness when giving a punishment: 2. (of weather) the quality of being pleasant or not severe…. Learn more.
an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment: The governor refused to grant him clemency, and he was executed at 9 a.m. yesterday. (Definition of clemency from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of clemency.
/ˈklɛmənsi/ /ˈklɛmɪnsi/ IPA guide. Other forms: clemencies. Say you're playing a role-playing game and you end up in one of the other player's dungeons. You could try begging her for clemency — compassion shown by people in power towards people who rebel or break the law.
clem•en•cy. n., pl. -cies. 1. the disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy. 2. an act or deed of mercy or leniency. 3. (of the weather) mildness.
clemency. kind treatment of somebody when they are being punished; a lack of desire to punish somebody so severely synonym mercy. He was executed by firing squad despite widespread pleas for clemency. His lawyers appealed for clemency on the grounds of ill health.
the quality of being clement; disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy. 2. an act or deed showing mercy or leniency. 3. (of the weather) mildness or temperateness. SYNONYMS 1. forgivingness, gentleness, mercifulness. ANTONYMS 1. harshness.
CLEMENCY definition: a decision by a judge, king, etc not to punish someone severely although they have committed a crime. Learn more.
Clemency definition: A disposition to show mercy, especially toward an offender or enemy.
