clemency

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Mildness of weather.

Frequenz

25k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈklɛ.mən.si/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.

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