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Definition of Clemencies

Clemencies
Clemency Clem"en*cy, n.; pl. Clemencies. [L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm.] 1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. --Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay. 2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season. Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.

Meaning of Clemencies from wikipedia

- Clemency is the granting of leniency for a punishment, such as a pardon. Clemency or Clémency may also refer to: Clemency, Luxembourg, a town Clemency...
- Clemency is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu. It stars Alfre Woodard, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, Michael O'Neill...
- This is a partial list of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States. The plenary power to grant a pardon or a reprieve...
- undisputed in order to avoid the costs that are ****ociated with a retrial. Clemency plays a critical role when capital punishment exists in a jurisdiction...
- René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) was an Austrian composer, conductor, harpsichordist, clavichordist and recorder player. Born in Vienna...
- Trump granted fewer clemencies than many of the modern presidents during his first term. Since 1921, only two Presidents granted clemency on fewer occasions...
- Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton-Hill MBE (born 1981) is an English broadcaster, author, novelist, journalist and violinist. In her early career she also...
- granted clemency by the president of the Philippines. The current 1987 constitution gives the president the ability to grant "executive clemency at anytime...
- clemency petitions, determining that the inmates were ineligible as they had been filed too soon after recent judicial rulings on appeals (clemency petitions...
- Blanket clemency is clemency granted to multiple persons and can be in the form of a pardon, shortening of a prison sentence, or a commutation of a sentence...