Clemency
Clemency noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
Usage example: the judge chose to show clemency to the truly repentant embezzler
Compassion is a synonym for clemency in mercy topic. In some cases you can use "Compassion" instead a noun "Clemency", when it comes to topics like forgiveness.
Nearby Words: clement, Clemente, clemencia
Compassion
Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.
Clemency is a synonym for compassion in sympathy topic. You can use "Clemency" instead a noun "Compassion", if it concerns topics such as tender feeling.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- grace and clemency
- grace and compassion
- kindness and clemency
- kindness and compassion
- benevolence and clemency
- benevolence and compassion
- sympathy and clemency
- sympathy and compassion
- humanity and clemency
- humanity and compassion
- gentleness and clemency
- gentleness and compassion
- tenderness and clemency
- tenderness and compassion
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Compassion and Clemency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/compassion
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Compassion or Clemency. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/compassion.
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