Definitions
(used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy
Word origin
From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.
Used in a sentence
“I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]”
“Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.”
“The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mild, as weather”7 letters
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