clemence

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See also: Clemence, clémence, and Clémence

English

Etymology

From Middle English clemence, from Old French clemence, from Latin clēmentia. Doublet of clemency.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɛməns/

Noun

clemence (uncountable)

(obsolete) Synonym of clemency
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  shew that clemence oft, in things amis

References

“clemence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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