CLEMENCY, n.
1. Mildness softness as the clemency of the air.
2. Mildness of temper gentleness or lenity of disposition disposition to treat with favor and kindness.
I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. Acts 24 .
3. Mercy disposition to treat with lenity, to forgive or to spare, as offenders tenderness in punishing opposed to severity, harshness, or rigor.
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