英语词汇“clemency”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

clemency

/ˈklɛmənsi

noun [mass noun]

Mercy; lenience: an appeal for clemency...

When the Prison Commission discussed the virtues of parole it invoked ideas of mercy and clemency.
In effect, he argues that indiscriminate clemency for murderers perverts both justice and mercy.
Nine years later, after having had countless appeals and pleas for clemency rejected, Bleach, 52, is returning home.

Synonyms

mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, mildness, indulgence, forbearance, quarter;

compassion, humanity, pity, sympathy, kindness, magnanimity, benignity, charity, grace, humaneness, humanitarianism, soft-heartedness, tenderness

Late Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- 'clement'.

单词	clemency
释义	clemency /ˈklɛmənsi / noun [mass noun] Mercy; lenience: an appeal for clemency... When the Prison Commission discussed the virtues of parole it invoked ideas of mercy and clemency. In effect, he argues that indiscriminate clemency for murderers perverts both justice and mercy. Nine years later, after having had countless appeals and pleas for clemency rejected, Bleach, 52, is returning home. Synonyms mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, mildness, indulgence, forbearance, quarter; compassion, humanity, pity, sympathy, kindness, magnanimity, benignity, charity, grace, humaneness, humanitarianism, soft-heartedness, tenderness Origin Late Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- 'clement'.
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