kind treatment of somebody when they are being punished; a lack of desire to punish somebody so severely synonym mercy(对受惩罚的人表现出的)仁慈,慈悲;宽恕;宽容 a plea for clemency 乞求开恩 He was executed by firing squad despite widespread pleas for clemency. 尽管人们普遍请求宽大处理,他还是被行刑队处决了。 His lawyers appealed for clemency on the grounds of ill health. 他的律师以他健康欠佳为由替他乞求宽恕。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin clementia, from clemens, clement- ‘clement’.