The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LENIENCE which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2013.
Clemency crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LENIENCE | 28 % | 8 |
| MERCY | 22 % | 5 |
| LENITY | 17 % | 6 |
| GRACE | 11 % | 5 |
| LENIENCY | 11 % | 8 |
| PARDON | 6 % | 6 |
| QUARTER | 6 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clemency
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mercy
- mercifulness
- mildness
- lenity
- leniency
- merciful
- compassion
- forgiveness
- pardon
- grace
- indulgence
- remission
Crossword Answer definitions
LENIENCE noun- Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LENIENCE
- Quality that "hanging judges" lack
- Soft-hearted bent
- Mercy
- It may be requested before a sentence
- Softness
- Clemency.
- Quality of being gentle.
- Indulgence.
- Forbearance.
- Permissiveness
More clues leading to the result MERCY
- Benevolence
- Compassionate treatment
- Compassion
- Condemned man's request
- What a lenient judge may show
- "Have __!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "My heavens!"
- Feeling of compassion
More clues leading to the result LENITY
- Mercy
- Mild quality
- Clemency.
- Merciful judgment.
- Mildness.
- Gentleness.
- Clemency
- Kindness
- Softies show it
- Mildness
More clues leading to the result GRACE
- Preprandial prayer
- Singer Potter whose backing band is the Nocturnals
- Words before the meal
- European princess
- Balletic quality
- Preprandial words
- Klutz's lack
- Pre-meal prayer
- Meal prayer
- Actress Kelly or singer Slick
More clues leading to the result LENIENCY
- Indulgence
- Compassion from the judge
- Judge's choice
- Clemency.
- Softness.
- Lack of severity.
- Mercy.
- Mercy
- Tolerance
- Mercy from a judge
More clues leading to the result PARDON
- 1974 grant to Nixon
- Amnesty
- Excuse
- Presidential grant
- "Would you repeat that?"
- Let off
- Convict's absolution from the governor
- Formal forgiveness
- Absolve
- "Excuse me!"