Noun

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

* 1601 , William Shakespeare, Hamlet :

For vs, and for our Tragedie, / Heere stooping to your Clemencie : / We begge your hearing Patientlie.

* 2010 , Priyamvada Gopal, The Guardian , 4 May 2010:

A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable.

Mildness of weather.

Noun

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Mankind; human beings as a group.

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The human condition or nature.

The quality of being benevolent.

Humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities !”