clemency
IPA: kɫˈɛmʌnsi
noun
- The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
- (law) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
- (now rare) Mildness of weather.
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Examples of "clemency" in Sentences
- The act of clemency is a reprieve.
- Clemency is the virtue of the great.
- Another theme is the value of clemency.
- The power of clemency is often controversial.
- The clemency authority would be the President.
- He was later granted clemency for the indiscretion.
- The last resort for the convicted is to plead pardon or clemency.
- The last resort for the convicted is to plead pardon for clemency.
- In 2005, he asked for clemency in a letter to the Italian President.
- Though shocked, the emperor includes her in the general clemency he offers.
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