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Definition of "clement" [clem•ent]

  • Inclined to be lenient or merciful. (adjective)
  • Mild: clement weather. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clement" in a sentence
  • "Even in clement weather, many of them are tucked away in darkened cinemas watching the autumn releases."
  • "Nor is the case improved one whit even if one were to call the clement he has isolated not an individual substance but a quality: for there will still be the one beside the many, just as"
  • "The Yankees would move outside at the first sign of clement conditions."