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clement¹
- /ˈklɛmənt/
Where it comes from
From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency
adjective more clement · most clement
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Lenient or merciful; charitable.
I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]
Similar: lenient, merciful, relentful, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lax, loose-handed, permissible, permissive, relaxed · Opposite: inclement, merciless, unclement
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Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
Similar: balmy, lithe, maumy, mild · Opposite: foul, inclement, unclement
Clement²
- /ˈklɛmənt/
Rhymes with -ɛmənt
Where it comes from
From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.
proper noun Clements
- A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints. And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
- A surname.
- A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mild, lenient, balmy, merciful, compassionate, pell, bayard, vn, cormier, kleiman, clemente, gentle, forgiving, benevolent, humane, charitable
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adj lenient or merciful; charitable
| Deutsch | nachsichtig |
|---|---|
| Русский | милосе́рдный milosérdnyj, милости́вый milostívyj, гума́нный gumánnyj |
| עברית | רחוּם ráhoom |
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