Clemency vs Apology - What's the difference?
clemency | apology |
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
* 1601 , William Shakespeare, Hamlet :
* 2010 , Priyamvada Gopal, The Guardian , 4 May 2010:
Mildness of weather.
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
A formal justification, defence.
Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
* Charles Dickens
As nouns the difference between clemency and apology
is that clemency is the gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing while apology is an expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).clemency
English
Noun
- For vs, and for our Tragedie, / Heere stooping to your Clemencie : / We begge your hearing Patientlie.
- A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable.
apology
English
(wikipedia apology)Alternative forms
* apologie (archaic)Noun
(apologies)- What he said really hurt my feelings, but his apology sounded so sincere that I couldn't help but forgive him.
- The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.
- The Apology of Socrates.
- a poor apology for a hotel room
- He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains.