clemency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

clemency
    n 1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn:
         {mildness}, {clemency}]
    2: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or
       agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself
       on the mercy of the court" [syn: {clemency}, {mercifulness},
       {mercy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            Great clemency and tender zeal toward their
            subjects.                             --Stowe.
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            They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay.
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   2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of
      the season.

   Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy;
        gentleness; compassion; kindness.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

CLEMENCY. The disposition to treat with leniency. See Mercy; Pardon.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "clemency":
      acceptance, benevolence, caritas, charity, clementness,
      commiseration, compassion, condolence, easiness, easygoingness,
      endurance, equitableness, fairness, favor, feeling, forbearance,
      forbearing, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, humaneness, humanity,
      indulgence, just, kindness, laxness, lenience, leniency,
      lenientness, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, mitigation,
      moderateness, pardon, pathos, patience, pity, quarter, relief,
      reprieve, ruth, self-pity, softness, sufferance, sympathy,
      tenderness, tolerance, toleration