Clemency
['klemənsɪ] or ['klɛmənsi]
Definition
(noun.) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; 'he threw himself on the mercy of the court'.
Typed by Geoffrey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
(n.) Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.
Edited by Jonathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Lenity, mercy, gentleness, leniency, tenderness, kindness, compassion, fellow-feeling, long-suffering.[2]. Mildness, softness.
Edited by Adela
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MERCY]
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He threw himself on Monseigneur for clemency. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But, morning once more brightened my view, and I extended my clemency to Biddy, and we dropped the subject. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It rained still, and blew; but with more clemency, I thought, than it had poured and raged all day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Your clemency, Monseigneur! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We do not say Ozer; we say Other: the letters are “T” and “H;” You say Tay and Aish, You Know; (still with clemency). Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For the real injury he showed himself full of clemency; under the real provocation, patient as a saint. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She supposed she must say more before she were entitled to his clemency; but it was a hard case to be obliged still to lower herself in his opinion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He despises me, I thought; but he shall learn that I despise him, and hold in equal contempt his punishments and his clemency. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Lucia