Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mildness, clemencynoun

   good weather with comfortable temperatures

   Synonyms:
   softness, clemency, 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, clemency, mercifulness

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1. clemencynoun

   Synonyms:
   lenity, mercy, gentleness, leniency, tenderness, kindness, compassion, fellow-feeling, long-suffering

2. clemencynoun

   Synonyms:
   mildness, softness

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1. List of paraphrases for "clemency":

   leniency, mercy, clémence, pardon, grace, amnesty, forgiveness

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How to use Clemency in a sentence?

1. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   I again respectfully call on the president of Indonesia to reconsider his refusal to grant clemency. It is not too late for a change of heart.

2. Simon Andree:

   I completely understand that he has committed a crime and, for that, you have to face consequences ... He understands as well, but ... on the basis of his ill health, (I hope) he can get clemency and get released, because I feel he won't survive those lashes.

3. Gloria Barrera:

   I'm afraid of being deported and dying alone without my children and my husband, i'm here asking for clemency and justice only so I could be able to die with my family.

4. Sandra Babcock:

   Sandra Babcock said. Mrs. Montgomerys case presents compelling grounds for clemency, including her history as a victim of gang rape, incestand child sex trafficking, as well as her severe mental illness, she will now have the opportunity to present this evidence to the President with a request that he commute her sentence to life imprisonment.

5. Manny Pacquiao:

   I am begging and knocking on your kind heart that Your Excellency will grant executive clemency to her.