clement

[ klem-uhnt ]
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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.

Origin of clement

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English either from Old French or directly from Latin clēment-, stem of clēmēns “gentle, merciful”

Other words from clement

  • clem·ent·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·clem·ent, adjective

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Other definitions for Clement (2 of 2)

Clement
[ klem-uhnt ]

noun
  1. a male given name.

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How to use clement in a sentence

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

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
  • The symbol of the heaven-bound ship— —is mentioned by clement of Alexandria as being in vogue in the second century.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • 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 Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • The earliest long-case clocks were made by William clement about 1680, and within the same year Tompion was making them too.

    The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore
  • But clement only laughed and spread out his hands, for Corsica chooses to ignore the game laws.

    The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for clement

clement

/ (ˈklɛmənt) /


adjective
  1. merciful

  2. (of the weather) mild

Origin of clement

1
C15: from Latin clēmēns mild; probably related to Greek klinein to lean

Derived forms of clement

  • clemently, adverb

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