English-Thai Dictionary

clemency

N อากาศ ที่ น่า สบาย  mildness calm ar-kad-ti-na-sa-bai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLEMENCY

n. 1. Mildness; softness; as the clemency of the air.
2. Mildness of temper; gentleness or lenity of disposition; disposition to treat with favor and kindness.
I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. Acts 24:4.
3. Mercy; disposition to treat with lenity, to forgive or to spare, as offenders; tenderness in punishing; opposed to severity, harshness, or rigor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLEMENCY

Clem "en *cy, n.; pl. Clemencies. Etym: [L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm. ]

 

1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

 

2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

 

Syn. -- Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

clemency

clem en cy |ˈklemənsē ˈklɛmənsi | ▶noun mercy; lenience: an appeal for clemency. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- ‘clement. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

clemency

clem |ency |ˈklɛmənsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] mercy; lenience: an appeal for clemency. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- ‘clement ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

clemency

clemency noun he ignored our petitions for clemency: mercy, mercifulness, leniency, mildness, indulgence, quarter; compassion, humanity, pity, sympathy. ANTONYMS ruthlessness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

clemency

clemency noun the high court commuted his prison term to five years as an act of clemency: mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, mildness, indulgence, forbearance, quarter; compassion, humanity, pity, sympathy, kindness, magnanimity, benignity, charity, grace, humaneness, humanitarianism, soft-heartedness, tenderness. ANTONYMS ruthlessness, strictness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

clemency

clem en cy /klémənsi /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 (敵 罪人に対する )寛大さ, 情け深さ, 寛大な [情け深い ]措置 ; (性格などの )温厚 .2 (気候などの )穏やかさ .