Associations to the word «Clemency»

Wiktionary

CLEMENCY, noun. The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
CLEMENCY, noun. (now rare) Mildness of weather.

Dictionary definition

CLEMENCY, noun. Good weather with comfortable temperatures.
CLEMENCY, noun. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin