clemency

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Enraged at this contempt of what he called his clemency, at Haarlem, Alva resolved to make Alkmaar an example of his cruelty, and he wrote to Philip that everyone in it should be put to the sword.

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  1. noun A disposition to show mercy, especially toward an offender or enemy. See Synonyms at mercy.
  2. noun A merciful, kind, or lenient act.
  3. noun Mildness, especially of weather.

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  • His cruelty or his clemency might be more or less, as his conviction of the utility of this or that other weapon for dominating men might be strong with him. —  Life of Cicero
  • People also admired her for her clemency, her integrity and the staunchness with which she had held to her faith through years of persecution and fear. —  TheChildrenof
  • Such an act of executive self-clemency, should it withstand a likely test before the Supreme Court, could shield W. from prosecution for any personal breaches of the law. —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • During the year Batiashvili was released on presidential clemency, and the guilty verdict for Igor Giorgadze's associates was upheld on appeal.
  • Wherefore your excellency [addressed to the governors of the provinces] should know that it is our pleasure that all provisions whatsoever which have appeared in documents hitherto directed to your office regarding Christians and which appeared utterly improper and opposed to our clemency should be abolished, and that all who wish to worship as Christians may now freely and unconditionally do so without any annoyance or molestation. —  Mainstream Baptist
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  1. Formerly clemence, q. v.; = Spanish Portuguese clemencia = Italian clemenza, clemenzia, from Latin clementia, from clemen(t-)s, mild: see clement.
 

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