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. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.
clemencynoun
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The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing. | A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state. | Mildness of weather.
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