Thesaurus
clemency
Synonyms and Antonyms of clemency
- the judge chose to show clemency to the truly repentant embezzler
hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, uncharitableness
reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance
venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol
atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, violence, wantonness
castigation, chastisement, discipline, punishment, scolding
abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, hate, hatred, loathing
cattiness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, gall, grudge, hostility, jealousy, pique, resentment
Synonym Discussion of clemency
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- threw himself on the mercy of the court
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- show a little charity for the less fortunate
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- the judge refused to show clemency
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- by the grace of God
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- criticized the courts for excessive leniency
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