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
Goodness and clemency are semantically related In some cases you can use "Goodness" instead a noun "Clemency".
Nearby Words: clement, Clemente, clemencia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- grace and clemency
- grace and goodness
- kindness and clemency
- kindness and goodness
- benevolence and clemency
- benevolence and goodness
- compassion and clemency
- compassion and goodness
- sympathy and clemency
- sympathy and goodness
- humanity and clemency
- humanity and goodness
- gentleness and clemency
- gentleness and goodness
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Goodness and Clemency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/goodness
Clemency & Goodness. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/goodness>.
Goodness or Clemency. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/goodness.
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