"clement" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklɛmənt/ Audio: En-us-clement.oga [US] Forms: more clement [comparative], most clement [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱlew-|*ḱley-|id2=incline}}, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{uder|en|la|clēmēns||merciful}} Latin clēmēns (“merciful”), {{m|la|clīnō}} clīnō Head templates: {{en-adj}} clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)
  1. Lenient or merciful; charitable. Translations (lenient or merciful; charitable): милостив (milostiv) (Bulgarian), милосърден (milosǎrden) (Bulgarian), armelias (Finnish), lempeä (Finnish), nachsichtig (German), רחוּם (ráhoom) [masculine] (Hebrew), miskunnsamur [masculine] (Icelandic), милосе́рдный (milosérdnyj) (Russian), милости́вый (milostívyj) (Russian), гума́нный (gumánnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clement-en-adj-fZo6cA1a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'lenient or merciful; charitable': 95 5
  2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances). Categories (topical): Personality, Weather Translations (mild): мек (mek) (Bulgarian), lauhkea (Finnish), leuto (Finnish), mild (German), mildur [masculine] (Icelandic), мя́гкий (mjáxkij) (Russian), mild (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-clement-en-adj-Ectc1dVY Disambiguation of Personality: 2 98 Disambiguation of Weather: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'mild': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lenient, merciful, mild Related terms: clemency

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