Both Uses of
clemency
in
Great Expectations
- But, morning once more brightened my view, and I extended my clemency to Biddy, and we dropped the subject.†
p. 159.1 *
- This reminded me of the wonderful difference between the servile manner in which he had offered his hand in my new prosperity, saying, "May I?" and the ostentatious clemency with which he had just now exhibited the same fat five fingers.†
p. 506.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(clemency as in: the judge showed clemency) mercy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A less common meaning is mildness and usually references good weather in the form clement or bad weather in the form inclement.