clemency

noun
/ˈklɛ.mən.si/UK/ˈklɛ.mən(t).si/US

Etymology

From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.

  1. derived from clēmentia
  2. inherited from clemency

Definitions

  1. The gentle or kind exercise of power

    The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

    • For vs, and for our Tragedie, / Heere stooping to your Clemencie: / We begge your hearing Patientlie.
    • Notwithstanding, that I be not farther tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest heare vs of thy clemencie a few words.
    • A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable.
  2. A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties…

    A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.

  3. Mildness of weather.

    • Now of all theſe Things there is ſuch a conſtant Continuance, by reaſon of the Clemency of the Climate, that ſcarce the leaſt Famine, which frequenteth other Countries, hath been felt in England theſe 400 Years.
    • It rained still, and blew; but with more clemency, I thought, than it had poured and raged all day.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at clemency. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at clemency. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at clemency

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA