clement

¹

[ klem-uhnt ]

adjective

1. mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate:

   A clement judge reduced his sentence.

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

Clement

²

[ klem-uhnt ]

noun

1. a male given name.

clement

/ ˈklɛmənt /

adjective

1. merciful
2. (of the weather) mild

Derived Forms

• ˈclemently, adverb

Other Words From

• clement·ly adverb
• over·clement adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clement¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English either from Old French or directly from Latin clēment-, stem of clēmēns “gentle, merciful”

Word History and Origins

Origin of clement¹

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

Example Sentences

“And at the end of the day, I think what it means to give somebody a constitutional right is that they don’t have to satisfy a government official that they have a really good need to exercise it or they face atypical risks,” Clement said.

From Washington Post

Clement, the lawyer for the gun owners, says there is a broad right to carry in public for self-defense.

From Washington Post

Clement, 52, works as a software developer and says Arlington is growing at an unsustainable pace for a county of its size.

From Washington Post

The pair realized that the region of clement temperatures around a star changes as the star evolves and changes brightness.

From Science News

By the end of the 1920s, moralists and cops had largely given up on trying to crack down on daters, Clement says.

From Ozy

The cultural weather was particularly clement for musical theater writers during this period.

From The Daily Beast

When a neighbor (Suzanne Clement) takes a shine to the family, a strange ménage-a-trois of sorts forms.

From The Daily Beast

A recent exhibition of the artist Clement Valla featured objects and prints, but the only thing sold to collectors were TIFFs.

From The Daily Beast

Democrats then returned fire on Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell.

From The Daily Beast

Clement is a highly respected lawyer with a sterling pedigree.

From The Daily Beast

He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.

From Project Gutenberg

The symbol of the heaven-bound ship— —is mentioned by Clement of Alexandria as being in vogue in the second century.

From Project Gutenberg

It was doubtless a seal of this character to which Clement of Alexandria alludes as bearing the —the ship in full sail for heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest long-case clocks were made by William Clement about 1680, and within the same year Tompion was making them too.

From Project Gutenberg

But Clement only laughed and spread out his hands, for Corsica chooses to ignore the game laws.

From Project Gutenberg