clement /ˈklɛmənt/ adjective2 •Lenient or merciful; charitable.I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A sixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […] — 1611 •Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions. — 1984 formsmore clement · most clement