26984 words

clemency

3 definitions • 2 examples
1

Examples:

The jury passed a verdict of guilty, with an appeal to the judge for clemency.
2
(of weather) the quality of being pleasant or not severe
3
an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment:

Examples:

The governor refused to grant him clemency, and he was executed at 9 a.m. yesterday.

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