Clemency - Law Dictionary Search Results
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clemency pl: -cies 1 : willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute, pardon, reprieve ...
Clemence
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amnesty
amnesty pl: -ties : an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individuals [illegal-alien farm workers seeking "National Law Journal"] ...
commute
commute com·mut·ed com·mut·ing 1 : to convert (as a payment) into another form 2 : to change (a penalty) to one less severe esp. out of clemency compare pardon com·mu·ta·tion [kÄ -myə-tā-shən] n com·mu·ta·tive [kə-myü-tə-tiv, kÄ -myə-tā-tiv] adj ...
pardon
pardon 1 : a release from the legal penalties of an offense 2 : an official warrant of remission of penalty as an act of clemency compare commute 3 : excuse or forgiveness for a fault or offense pardon vt ...
reprieve
reprieve re·prieved re·priev·ing [alteration of earlier repry to send back (to prison), return to custody, perhaps from Anglo-French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Old French] : to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) n 1 a : the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved b : a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence esp. of death as an act of clemency 2 : an order or warrant of reprieve ...
Clemency
Disposition to forgive and spare as offenders mildness of temper gentleness tenderness mercy...
Lenience
The quality or state of being lenient lenity clemency...
Lenity
The state or quality of being lenient mildness of temper or disposition gentleness of treatment softness tenderness clemency opposed to severity and rigor...
Mercy
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation when one has the power to inflict it compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary clemency...
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