clemen-, clement- +

(Latin: mild, calm; calmness, gentleness, placid)


clemency
1. The tendency to show mercy or leniency; especially, toward an offender or enemy.
2. An act that bestows or shows mercy or leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
3. Mildness or temperateness or good weather with comfortable temperatures, especially in the weather.
clement
1. Inclined to be lenient or merciful.
2. A reference to people or behavior which is inclined to show mercy.
3. Mild, as with clement weather.
clemently
1. A reference to people or behavior which is inclined to show mercy.
2. A description of mildness, as with the weather is clemently mild.
inclemency
1. Excessive sternness or lacking clemency: "There was obvious inclemency or harshness in the judge's sentence."
2. Unsuitable weather for outdoor activities; roughness, boisterousness; storminess; or simply excessive rain; severe cold, etc.; applied to the weather: "We were detained by the inclemency of the weather."
inclement
1. Unpleasant with reference to being stormy, rainy, or snowy.
2. Showing little or no clemency or mercy; unmerciful.
inclemently
1. A reference to being severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
2. A description of someone not being kind or merciful: "The mother's rebuke of the son's behavior was inclemently strong."
Juste et clementer.
With justice and clemency.

Motto of Johann Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1525-1598)


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