Antonyms for clemency
ˈklɛm ən siclemen·cy

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1. clemency

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, blessing, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mildness, clemencynoun

   good weather with comfortable temperatures

   Synonyms:
   softness, leniency, mildness, lenience, lenity, mercy, mercifulness, gentleness

2. clemency, mercifulness, mercynoun

   leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

   "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

   Synonyms:
   mercy, mildness, mercifulness

How to use clemency in a sentence?

1. Monica Szlekovics:

   My attorney said that one day someone will listen to me, no one looks at the crime as a traumatic event, they don't look at the individual who was a part of it. The clemency process is about the individual and what happened versus the legal side of the incident. It is a much more human experience.

2. Daniela Tejada:

   We live in a dangerous neighborhood and national security must be a top priority. Mr. Hedges' family have made a request for clemency and the government is studying that request.

3. Hasmukh Patel:

   I really do believe Christopher Young today is not the person Christopher Young was 14 years ago, it's really unfortunate that Texas Board of Pardons didn't hear our request for clemency. I feel sadness for Christopher Young family. They're going to be walking down the same path The Patel family has been on the last 14 years.

4. President Trump:

   Today I've issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon, posthumously, to John Arthur' Jack' Johnson... The first African-American heavyweight champion of the world, a truly great fighter. Had a tough life.

5. Steve Cohen:

   This constitutional amendment would limit the President's pardon power to grant a pardon or clemency to himself, his family, his administration officials, or his campaign advisors, it would also prevent pardons for conduct undertaken for a direct and significant personal benefit of the President, the President's family, or Administration officials, and for crimes committed in cooperation with the President.Finally, it ensures that pardons issued for a corrupt purpose are invalid.

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