clemency
noun/ˈklemənsi/
/ˈklemənsi/
[uncountable] (formal)- kind treatment of somebody when they are being punished; a lack of desire to punish somebody so severely synonym mercy
- a plea for clemency
- He was executed by firing squad despite widespread pleas for clemency.
- His lawyers appealed for clemency on the grounds of ill health.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- ‘clement’.
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