Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Clemency

Clemency , noun

[Latin clementia, from clemens mild, calm.]

1.
Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. — Stowe
They had applied for the royal clemency. — Macaulay
2.
Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.