clemency

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• UK: /ˈklɛ.mən.si/
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• CMU ARPABET: K L EH1 M AH0 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clemency, clemencie, from Latin clēmentia. Gradually eclipsed Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from the same Latin origin.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գթություն (gtʻutʻyun) — leniency, mercy
• Armenian: գթասրտություն (gtʻasrtutʻyun) — leniency, mercy
• Armenian: մեղմություն (meġmutʻyun) — leniency, mercy
• Ngazidja Comorian: rehema — leniency, mercy
• Czech: shovívavost — leniency, mercy
• Czech: milosrdnost — leniency, mercy
• Dutch: mildheid — leniency, mercy
• Dutch: genade — leniency, mercy
• Dutch: clementie — leniency, mercy
• Finnish: lempeys — leniency, mercy
• Finnish: armo — leniency, mercy
• French: clémence — leniency, mercy
• Georgian: შეწყალება (šec̣q̇aleba) — leniency, mercy
• Georgian: პატიება (ṗaṭieba) — leniency, mercy
• Georgian: მოწყალება (moc̣q̇aleba) — leniency, mercy
• Georgian: ლმობიერება (lmobiereba) — leniency, mercy
• German: Milde — leniency, mercy
• German: Barmherzigkeit — leniency, mercy
• German: Güte — leniency, mercy
• German: Gütigkeit — leniency, mercy
• Italian: clemenza — leniency, mercy
• Latin: clēmentia — leniency, mercy
• Māori: whakaaro atawhai — leniency, mercy
• Māori: ngākau atawhai — leniency, mercy
• Portuguese: clemência — leniency, mercy
• Romanian: clemență — leniency, mercy
• Romanian: îndurare — leniency, mercy
• Romanian: bunătate — leniency, mercy
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — leniency, mercy
• Russian: снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) — leniency, mercy
• Russian: поми́лование (pomílovanije) — leniency, mercy
• Russian: поща́да (poščáda) — leniency, mercy
• Serbo-Croatian: благост — leniency, mercy
• Serbo-Croatian: попустљивост — leniency, mercy
• Spanish: clemencia — leniency, mercy
• Swedish: mildhet — leniency, mercy
• Uzbek: marhamat — leniency, mercy
• Uzbek: rahmdillik — leniency, mercy
• Uzbek: mehr — leniency, mercy
• Uzbek: rahm — leniency, mercy
• Uzbek: shafqat — leniency, mercy
• Bulgarian: милосърдие (milosǎrdie) — forgiveness or compassion
• Czech: shovívavost — forgiveness or compassion
• Czech: milosrdnost — forgiveness or compassion
• Dutch: clementie — forgiveness or compassion
• French: compassion — forgiveness or compassion
• French: pitié — forgiveness or compassion
• French: miséricorde — forgiveness or compassion
• French: commisération — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Nachsicht — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Milde — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Erbarmen — forgiveness or compassion
• Latvian: piedošana — forgiveness or compassion
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — forgiveness or compassion
• Russian: снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) — forgiveness or compassion
• Bulgarian: смекчаване (smekčavane) — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Czech: milost — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• French: clémence — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• German: Milde — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• German: Mildheit — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Latvian: apžēlošana — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Russian: поми́лование (pomílovanije) — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Slovene: pomilostitev — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Spanish: clemencia — moderation of the severity of a punishment
• Czech: milost — legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties
• Czech: zmírnění trestu — legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties
• Finnish: rangaistuksen lievennys — legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties
• German: Gnade — legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties
• German: Begnadigung — legal: pardon, commutation or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties
• Armenian: մեղմություն (meġmutʻyun) — mildness of weather
• Czech: mírnost — mildness of weather
• Finnish: lauhkeus — mildness of weather
• Finnish: leppeys — mildness of weather
• German: Milde — mildness of weather
• German: Mildheit — mildness of weather
• Romanian: blândețe — mildness of weather
• Russian: мя́гкость (mjáxkostʹ) — mildness of weather