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clement
1[ klem-uhnt ]
adjective
- mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate:
A clement judge reduced his sentence.
- (of the weather) mild or temperate; pleasant.
Clement
2[ klem-uhnt ]
noun
- a male given name.
clement
/ ˈklɛmənt /
adjective
- merciful
- (of the weather) mild
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Derived Forms
- ˈclemently, adverb
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Other Words From
- clement·ly adverb
- over·clement adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clement1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clement1
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Example Sentences
The cultural weather was particularly clement for musical theater writers during this period.
When a neighbor (Suzanne Clement) takes a shine to the family, a strange ménage-a-trois of sorts forms.
A recent exhibition of the artist Clement Valla featured objects and prints, but the only thing sold to collectors were TIFFs.
Democrats then returned fire on Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell.
Clement is a highly respected lawyer with a sterling pedigree.
He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.
The symbol of the heaven-bound ship— —is mentioned by Clement of Alexandria as being in vogue in the second century.
It was doubtless a seal of this character to which Clement of Alexandria alludes as bearing the —the ship in full sail for heaven.
The earliest long-case clocks were made by William Clement about 1680, and within the same year Tompion was making them too.
But Clement only laughed and spread out his hands, for Corsica chooses to ignore the game laws.
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