The Only Use
clemency
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(Edited)
- stooping to your clemency, We beg your hearing patiently.
Scene 3.2clemency = leniency (kindness shown toward offenders)
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) A less common meaning is mildness and usually references good weather in the form clement or bad weather in the form inclement.