Clemency and Wantonness

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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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Wantonness is an antonym for clemency.

Nearby Words: clement, Clemente, clemencia

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

Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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Clemency is an antonym for wantonness.

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Wantonness and Clemency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clemency/wantonness

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