Stringency and Clemency

noun

• A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
  • synonyms: tightness
• Conscientious attention to rules and details.
  • synonyms: strictness

noun

• Good weather with comfortable temperatures.
  • synonyms: mildness
• Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
  • usage: "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
  • synonyms: mercifulness, mercy

• (n.) Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.
• (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

• Name Meaning: Variant of Clementia used as a virtue name by the Puritans, associated with the abstract virtue of clemency
• Name Origin: English