clemency
n. 宽容,仁慈; (尤指气候等)温和
If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.
Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
17名死刑犯申请宽大处理遭到驳回后即将被处决。
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2. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;
He was at fault, and he cast himself on her clemency.
他有错误, 指望她宽厚地对待他.
He supplicated the king for clemency.
他恳求国王开恩.
He has written to Horst K & ouml; hler , Germany's president, to ask for earlier clemency.
为此,他给德国总统霍斯特?科勒(HorstK & ouml; hler)写信, 请求后者的宽大处理.
I thanked him for his clemency.
我感谢他那一番怜悯.
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is clemency.
仁爱和忠诚,是君王的保障; 他的宝座,是赖慈爱而支撑.