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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

acceptance, benevolence, caritas, charity, clementness, commiseration, compassion, condolence, easiness, easygoingness, endurance, equitableness, fairness, favor, feeling, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, humaneness, humanity, indulgence, just, kindness, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, mitigation, moderateness, pardon, pathos, patience, pity, quarter, relief, reprieve, ruth, self-pity, softness, sufferance, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance, toleration

Dictionary Results for clemency:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

clemency
    n 1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn:
         mildness, clemency]
    2: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or
       agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself
       on the mercy of the court" [syn: clemency, mercifulness,
       mercy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Clemency \Clem"en*cy\, n.; pl. Clemencies. [L. clementia, fr.
   clemens mild, calm.]
   1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness
      of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
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            Great clemency and tender zeal toward their
            subjects.                             --Stowe.
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            They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay.
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   2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of
      the season.

   Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy;
        gentleness; compassion; kindness.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

CLEMENCY. The disposition to treat with leniency. See Mercy; Pardon.

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