Clemency and Viciousness

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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

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Viciousness is an antonym for clemency.

Nearby Words: clement, Clemente, clemencia

Viciousness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: the unspeakable viciousness of the medical experiments carried out at the concentration camps

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Clemency is an antonym for viciousness.

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Viciousness and Clemency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/viciousness

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