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clemency 音标拼音: [kl'ɛmənsi] n. 仁慈,宽厚,仁厚 仁慈,宽厚,仁厚 clemency n 1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { clemency}, { mercifulness}, { mercy}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. -- Stowe. [ 1913 Webster] They had applied for the royal clemency. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season. Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " clemency": 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
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