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单词 clemency
释义
clemency
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈklem.ən.si/us
/ˈklem.ən.si/

clemencynoun[U](KINDNESS)

kindnesswhen giving apunishment:
（施加惩罚时表现出的）宽厚，仁慈
Thejurypassedaverdictofguilty, with anappealto thejudgefor clemency.陪审团通过了有罪的判决，同时请求法官从宽处理。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lenient & merciful
  • charitable
  • charitably
  • charity
  • ease
  • ease up/off
  • easy
  • go easyidiom
  • have a heart!idiom
  • heart
  • leniency
  • lenient
  • magnanimous
  • magnanimously
  • merciful
  • mercy
  • quarter
  • squishy

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Not punishing & reducing punishment

clemencynoun[U](WEATHER)

(ofweather) thequalityof beingpleasantor notsevere
（指天气）温和，宜人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Describing good weather
  • anticyclone
  • be set fairidiom
  • bone dryidiom
  • calm
  • clear
  • clement
  • cloudless
  • dry
  • fair
  • fine
  • glorious
  • gloriously
  • mild
  • mildness
  • non-hostile
  • set
  • summery
  • sun-drenched
  • sun-kissed
  • sunny
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(Definition ofclemencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

clemency| American Dictionary

clemency
noun[U]
us
/ˈklem·ən·si/
anactofmercyby apersoninauthoritytoward someone who hascommittedacrime,esp. byreducingapunishment:
Thegovernorrefusedtogranthim clemency, and he wasexecutedat 9 a.m.yesterday.
(Definition ofclemencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclemency

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If that is rejected, the president can exerciseclemency.
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We cannot allow theclemencyappeal to be considered in isolation: there must be political pressure to accompany it.
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Our appeal forclemencyhas been considered carefully in this case.
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Are not those mitigating circumstances that aclemencyappeal could consider?
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We have made repeated calls forclemencyon humanitarian grounds.
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He also lodged a strong appeal forclemencyfor others currently under sentence of death.
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I can recall no recent case in which such a strong and unanimous view was expressed across the world in favour ofclemency.
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Following an internal review, we have decided to widen our existing criteria for supportingclemencypleas.
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They despiseclemencyas a sign of weakness.
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Would the newspapers have carried editorials pleading forclemency?
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The extent to whichclemencymay properly be exercised is a matter for the authorities.
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I am not prepared to recommend any further exercise ofclemencyin this matter.
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An appeal forclemencyis a request to foreign authorities to exercise such leniency as they can under their own legal and constitutional system.
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We must now await the outcome of the men'sclemencypetitions.
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Our constituents qualify forclemencyon each of those criteria.
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