Clemency
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Clemency - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
CLEMENCY, n.
1. Mildness; softness; as the clemency of the air.
2. Mildness of temper; gentleness or lenity of disposition; disposition to treat with favor and kindness.
I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. Acts 24.
3. Mercy; disposition to treat with lenity, to forgive or to spare, as offenders; tenderness in punishing; opposed to severity, harshness, or rigor.
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