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Noun: clemency  kle-mun(t)-see
  1. Good weather with comfortable temperatures
    - mildness
     
  2. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
    "he threw himself on the clemency of the court"
    - mercifulness, mercy

Derived forms: clemencies

See also: clement

Type of: good weather, lenience, leniency

Encyclopedia: Clemency Clemency, Luxembourg

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