clemencynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈklem.ən.si/us/ˈklem.ən.si/formalclemency noun [ U ] (KINDNESS)
kindness when giving a punishment:
The jury passed a verdict of guilty, with an appeal to the judge for clemency.
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Lenient & merciful
- charitable
- charitably
- charity
- ease
- ease up/off
- easy
- go easy idiom
- have a heart! idiom
- heart
- lenient
- magnanimous
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter
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Not punishing & reducing punishment
clemency noun [ U ] (WEATHER)
(of weather) the quality of being pleasant or not severe
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Describing good weather
- anticyclone
- be set fair idiom
- calm
- clement
- cloudless
- dry
- fair
- fine
- glorious
- mild
- set
- settled
- summery
- sun shower
- sun-drenched
- sun-kissed
- sunny
- temperate