Associations to the word «Clement»

Wiktionary

CLEMENT, adjective. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
CLEMENT, adjective. Said of weather and similar circumstances that are mild.
CLEMENT, proper noun. A male given name, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

Dictionary definition

CLEMENT, adjective. (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather".
CLEMENT, adjective. (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope