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clem·ent

(klĕm′ənt)

adj.

1. Inclined to be lenient or merciful.

2. Mild: clement weather.

[Middle English, from Latin clēmēns, clēment-.]

clem′ent·ly adv.

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clement

(ˈklɛmənt)

adj

1. merciful

2. (of the weather) mild

[C15: from Latin clēmēns mild; probably related to Greek klinein to lean]

ˈclemently adv

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clem•ent

(ˈklɛm ənt)

adj.

1. mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate: A clement judge reduced his sentence.

2. (of the weather) mild or temperate; pleasant.

[1425–75; late Middle English (< Old French) < Latin clēment-, s. of clēmēns gentle, merciful]

clem′ent•ly, adv.

Clem•ent

(ˈklɛm ənt)
n.

1. Clement I, Saint (Clement of Rome), A.D. c30–c100, first of the Apostolic Fathers: pope 88?–97?

2. Clement VII, (Giulio de' Medici), 1478–1534, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1523–34.

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Adj.	1.	clement - (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather" temperate - (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" inclement - (of weather or climate) severe
	2.	clement - (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence" merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" inclement - used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge"

clement

adjective mild, fine, fair, calm, temperate, balmy The area is usually known for its clement weather.

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clement

adjective

Not strict or severe:

charitable, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, merciful, soft, tolerant.

Translations

رَحيم، رَؤوفمُعْتَدِل

laskavýmírný

barmhjertigmild

mild nachsichtigClemens

Clément

mildurmiskunnsamur

clemente clemenza mite

gailestingasgailestingumasmalonė

lēnprātīgsmaigsmērensžēlsirdīgs

barmhjertig

ılımanmerhametlişefkatli

仁慈的温和的

Clement

[ˈklemənt] N → Clemente

clement

[ˈklemənt] ADJ → clemente, benigno

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clement

[ˈklɛmənt] adj [weather] → clément(e)

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clement

adj → mild (towards sb jdm gegenüber)

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clement

[ˈklɛmənt] (frm) adj (person) → clemente; (weather) → mite, clemente

clement

(ˈklemənt) adjective

1. (of weather etc) mild.

2. merciful.

ˈclemency noun

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At the ministry to which Rabourdin belonged there flourished, as general-secretary, a certain Monsieur Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx, one of those men whom the tide of political events sends to the surface for a few years, then engulfs on a stormy night, but whom we find again on a distant shore, tossed up like the carcass of a wrecked ship which still seems to have life in her.

"It would pay," he said, "the keep of a horse." His position, so far as it went, was a good one, and Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx flourished in it like a tree planted in good soil.

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But Machiavel knew not of a Friar Clement, nor a Ravillac, nor a Jaureguy, nor a Baltazar Gerard; yet his rule holdeth still, that nature, nor the engagement of words, are not so forcible, as custom.

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He had charming rooms in Clement's Inn, with panelled walls, and he tried to make them look like his old rooms at the Hall.

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Coming now to the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel.

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In the disturbed state of my mind, it was useless to think of going to bed, when I at last got back to my chambers in Clement's Inn.

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and Clement VII., but it will never succeed now, for they attempted it fruitlessly, and Napoleon was unable to complete his work.

Napoleon certainly he knew something of, inasmuch as he had seen and spoken with him; but of Clement VII.

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At ten o'clock in the morning the Sieur de la Coste, ensign in the king's Guards, followed by two officers and several archers of that body, came to the city registrar, named Clement, and demanded of him all the keys of the rooms and offices of the hotel.

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Clement's, because Wickham's lodgings were in that parish.

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you will not always remain so clement, so noble, so generous as you have shown yourself with respect to me and M.

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He watched all his steps, and always spoke to him with an angry countenance; punishing him for what he called his dreadful rebellion against such a clement prince as the Stadtholder.