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clemency|ˈklɛmənsɪ|
[ad. L. clēmentia, n. of state f. clēment-em clement: see -ency.]
1. Mildness or gentleness of temper, as shown in the exercise of authority or power; mercy, leniency.
1553Q. Mary's Proclam. in Strype Eccl. Mem. III. App. v. 8 Her [the Queen's] great and aboundaunte clemencie. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. iii. i. (Arb.) 141 To persuade hym of the clemencie of owre men. 1639Fuller Holy War i. xvi. (1840) 27 A prince no less famous for his clemency than his conquests. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 31, I have stated the true notion of clemency, mercy, compassion, good-nature, humanity, or whatever else it may be called, so far as is consistent with wisdom. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) III. xvi. 232 Clemency..is the standing policy of constitutional governments, as severity is of despotism. 1869Lecky Europ. Mor. I. xi. 199 Clemency is an act of judgment, but pity disturbs the judgment.
†b. as a title. Obs. rare.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. vii. §4 May it please your clemencies to grant unto him the church of Tusculum.
2. Mildness of weather or climate; opposed to inclemency, severity.
1667E. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. i. iv. (1743) 31 By reason of the clemency of the climate. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 5 ⁋8 The clemency of the weather. 1853C. Brontë Villette xv. (1876) 153 It rained still and blew; but with more clemency. |