"clemency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɛ.mən.si/ [UK], /ˈklɛ.mən.si/ [US], /ˈklɛ.mənt.si/ [US] Audio: en-au-clemency.ogg Forms: clemencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin clēmentia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|clēmentia}} Latin clēmentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clemency (countable and uncountable, plural clemencies)
  1. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (forgiveness or compassion): милосърдие (milosǎrdie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), clementie (Dutch), compassion (French), pitié (French), miséricorde (French), commisération (French), Nachsicht [feminine] (German), Milde [feminine] (German), Erbarmen [neuter] (German), piedošana [feminine] (Latvian), милосе́рдие (milosérdije) [neuter] (Russian), снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), compasión (Spanish), piedad (Spanish), misericordia (Spanish), lástima (Spanish), conmiseración (Spanish) Translations (leniency, mercy): գթություն (gtʻutʻyun) (Armenian), գթասրտություն (gtʻasrtutʻyun) (Armenian), մեղմություն (meġmutʻyun) (Armenian), mildheid [feminine] (Dutch), genade [feminine] (Dutch), clementie [feminine] (Dutch), lempeys (Finnish), armo (Finnish), clémence [feminine] (French), შეწყალება (šec̣q̇aleba) (Georgian), პატიება (ṗaṭieba) (Georgian), მოწყალება (moc̣q̇aleba) (Georgian), ლმობიერება (lmobiereba) (Georgian), Milde [feminine] (German), Barmherzigkeit [feminine] (German), Güte [feminine] (German), Gütigkeit [feminine] (German), clemenza [feminine] (Italian), clēmentia [feminine] (Latin), whakaaro atawhai (Maori), ngākau atawhai (Maori), rehema [class-9] (Ngazidja Comorian), clemência [feminine] (Portuguese), clemență [feminine] (Romanian), îndurare [feminine] (Romanian), bunătate [feminine] (Romanian), милосе́рдие (milosérdije) [neuter] (Russian), снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), поми́лование (pomílovanije) (english: pardon) [neuter] (Russian), поща́да (poščáda) (english: mercy) [feminine] (Russian), благост [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), попустљивост [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), clemencia [feminine] (Spanish), mildhet [common-gender] (Swedish), marhamat (Uzbek), rahmdillik (Uzbek), mehr (Uzbek), rahm (Uzbek), shafqat (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-clemency-en-noun-5kzWYjCV Disambiguation of 'forgiveness or compassion': 79 20 2 Disambiguation of 'leniency, mercy': 94 5 1
  2. (law) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties): rangaistuksen lievennys (Finnish), Gnade [feminine] (German), Begnadigung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-clemency-en-noun-8JfV0Pv3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 55 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 62 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 56 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 54 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 56 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 56 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 58 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 56 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 54 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 62 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 52 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 56 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 15 57 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 58 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 59 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 57 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 60 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 57 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 17 57 26 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties': 3 95 2
  3. (now rare) Mildness of weather. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (mildness of weather): մեղմություն (meġmutʻyun) (Armenian), lauhkeus (Finnish), leppeys (Finnish), Milde [feminine] (German), Mildheit [feminine] (German), blândețe [feminine] (Romanian), мя́гкость (mjáxkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clemency-en-noun-Xqx90I38 Disambiguation of 'mildness of weather': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: clement Translations (moderation of the severity of a punishment): смекчаване (smekčavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), clémence [feminine] (French), Milde [feminine] (German), Mildheit [neuter] (German), apžēlošana [feminine] (Latvian), поми́лование (pomílovanije) [neuter] (Russian), pomilostitev [feminine] (Slovene), clemencia [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'moderation of the severity of a punishment': 42 51 6

Inflected forms

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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piedošana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "milosérdije",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "милосе́рдие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snisxodítelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "снисходи́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "word": "compasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "word": "piedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "word": "misericordia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "word": "lástima"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forgiveness or compassion",
      "word": "conmiseración"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smekčavane",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "смекчаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clémence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Milde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mildheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apžēlošana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomílovanije",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поми́лование"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pomilostitev"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "moderation of the severity of a punishment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clemencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties",
      "word": "rangaistuksen lievennys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gnade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begnadigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meġmutʻyun",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "word": "մեղմություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "word": "lauhkeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "word": "leppeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Milde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mildheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blândețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
      "sense": "mildness of weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́гкость"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clemency"
}

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