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# clemency

«clemency» in Mova's school dictionary: **Mercy: a kind willingness to pardon or spare someone who…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Mercy: a kind willingness to pardon or spare someone who could be punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clemency/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a ruler spares someone's life out of mercy; also a god's kindness to people

### examples

- The king showed clemency and let the thief go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clemency/#x1)
- The gods were known for their clemency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clemency/#x2)
- We asked the judge for clemency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clemency/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clemency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clemency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.