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Synonyms for clemency
ˈklɛm ən siclemen·cy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, tendernessAntonyms:
cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeancePreposition:
The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.
Princeton's WordNet
mildness, clemencynoun
good weather with comfortable temperatures
Synonyms:
softness, leniency, mildness, lenience, lenity, mercy, mercifulness, gentlenessclemency, 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
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clemencynoun
Synonyms:
lenity, mercy, gentleness, leniency, tenderness, kindness, compassion, fellow-feeling, long-sufferingclemencynoun
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#15279 | kindness | |
#15356 | forgiveness | |
#17724 | pardon | |
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#299128 | benignity |
How to use clemency in a sentence?
Family and friends have long sought clemency for Mr. Patrick Nolan, alongside notable advocates like former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and author Arnold Steinberg, in light of these facts, Patrick Nolan is entirely deserving of this Grant of Executive Clemency.
I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense, we are optimistic about Ms. Johnson's future and hopeful that she -- and so many like her -- will get a second chance at life.
My wife wants closure on this, so a denial of clemency would be better than another delayed decision.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:
What we are asking of Indonesia is what Indonesia asks of other countries when its citizens are on death row, and if it's right for Indonesia to ask and expect some kind of clemency, it's surely right for us to ask and expect some kind of clemency.
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.
Translations for clemency
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- رأفةArabic
- MildeGerman
- clemenciaSpanish
- leppeys, armo, lempeys, lauhkeusFinnish
- clémenceFrench
- մեղմություն, գթություն, գթասրտությունArmenian
- clemenzaItalian
- clementiaLatin
- clementie, genade, mildheidDutch
- îndurare, bunătate, blândețe, clemențăRomanian
- помилование, милосердие, снисходительность, мягкость, пощадаRussian
- благост, попустљивостSerbo-Croatian
- mildhetSwedish
- ความเมตตากรุณาThai
- marhamat, rahmdillik, shafqat, mehr, rahmUzbek
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