clement

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Pronunciation

/ˈklɛmənt/

Definition of clement

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Lenient or merciful; charitable.

“I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]”
“Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.”

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adj

Lenient or merciful; charitable.

“I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]”
“Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.”
Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).

“The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.”
“The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.”

name

(countable, uncountable)A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.”
(countable, uncountable)A surname.
(countable, uncountable)A placename:
(countable, uncountable)A placename:

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From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency

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