clemency

/ˈklemənsi/ noun [U] formal

Translation

› when a judge, king, etc decides not to punish someone severely although they have committed a crime

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(Definition of clemency noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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