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clemency

noun

1. good weather with comfortable temperatures

• Syn: ↑mildness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑clement, ↑mild (for: ↑mildness)

• Hypernyms: ↑good weather

• Hyponyms: ↑balminess, ↑softness

2. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

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he threw himself on the mercy of the court

• Syn: ↑mercifulness, ↑mercy

• Derivationally related forms: ↑merciful (for: ↑mercifulness), ↑clement

• Hypernyms: ↑lenience, ↑leniency

• Hyponyms:

↑commutation, ↑re-sentencing, ↑amnesty, ↑pardon, ↑free pardon, ↑quarter, ↑reprieve, ↑respite

Useful english dictionary. 2012.