clemency
Noun
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Good weather with comfortable temperatures (synset 114546010)
is a type of: good weather - weather suitable for outdoor activitiessame as: mildness
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Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice (synset 101073335)
"he threw himself on the mercy of the court"is a type of: lenience, leniency - lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teacherssubtypes:
- commutation, re-sentencing - (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- amnesty, free pardon, pardon - the formal act of liberating someone
- quarter - clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- reprieve, respite - the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
same as: mercifulness, mercy
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