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Today's Word "clemency"

An act or instance of mercy or leniency on

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clemency \KLEM-uhn-see\ (noun) - 1 : Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mercy. 2 : An act or instance of mercy or leniency. 3 : Mildness, especially of weather.

"If the buccaneers surrendered, he would give them clemency -- if they did not he would sail to Maracaibo and would destroy the bucsaneers utterly." -- Shirlee Busbee, 'Spanish Rose'

 

Clemency comes from Latin clementia, from clemens, "mild, merciful."


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