Bible Dictionaries
Clemency
King James 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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