Definitions
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Word origin
From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia.
Used in a sentence
“For vs, and for our Tragedie, / Heere stooping to your Clemencie: / We begge your hearing Patientlie.”
“Notwithstanding, that I be not farther tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest heare vs of thy clemencie a few words.”
“A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mercy”8 letters
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