MEANING
1. Mild and pleasant rather than harsh, especially of weather.
2. Inclined to show mercy or leniency.
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Words that belong together
- clement weather
- clement climate
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Clement weather allowed the crossing.
They waited for a clement day to repair the roof.
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- clement
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more clement; superlative most clement where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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