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[KLEM-ahnt] 
1. inclined to show mercy; 'a more clement judge reduced the sentence': "Unfortunately for the prosecution, this court is known for its clement rulings."
2. (usually of weather) mild; 'clement weather'
adverb form: clemently
Origin:
Approximately 1450; from Latin, 'clement-': mild, gentle. In action:
"I can never work out why there is this apathetic feeling towards Canada. I think that most people think of the place as some kind of Arctic outpost of the US and cannot see the point in visiting it when you can do the same in the States but in more clement weather. Admittedly, the winters here are harsh but they have their own peculiar charm. Toronto has a huge inter-linked network of underground tunnels packed with shops and businesses most of the city retreats to in winter. But, come spring, the natives emerge, blinking into the sunlight to take advantage of the vast expanses of gorgeous wilderness."
Dom Joly. "How Canada became my dirty little secret," The Independent on Sunday (August 6, 2006).
"Most of the interior walls not devoted to galleries are faced with warm cherry wood, including the 280-seat auditorium and the reading room. The wood is juxtaposed with glass, which sets off the elevator shaft, staircases, and railings around the cantilevered balconies that punctuate the soaring glass atrium at the library's core.
Piano has a deep respect for the piazzas that seem to appoint every town and city in his native Italy and provide visual relief from the densely built-up streets that surround them. At the library he has provided two piazzas--one inside (the atrium) and the other outside the library. The open-air garden on the Thirty-sixth Street side is accessible to the public and will most likely establish itself as a convenient gathering place in midtown in clement weather, just as Bryant Park became after its excellent renovation several years ago."
Allison Eckardt Ledes. "The Morgan Library and Museum reopens," Antiques Magazine (May 2006).
"Costa Rica embodies a Central American success story. The country's social and economic wellbeing has proven a bonanza for U.S. agricultural exporters, who enjoy a healthy 52-percent share of all Costa Rican agricultural imports; and there's room for growth."
Illeana Ramirez. "U.S. exporters bask in clement Costa Rica," AgExporter (May 2003).
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