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Discover LudwigThe phrase "clemency of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to mean an act or attitude of leniency, kindness, or mercy. For example: "The judge showed great clemency of spirit when offering a more lenient sentence to the defendant."
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There was little clemency of any other sort for Tottenham on this evening.
Two men have already been hanged, and Mukherjee rejected the petitions for clemency of five death-row inmates.
"Die Zauberflöte," for one, written in such proximity to "La Clemenza di Tito," could be renamed "The Clemency of Sarastro".
But "La Clemenza di Tito" ("The Clemency of Titus") was in certain ways a step backward for Mozart, at least in terms of its form.
Its partisans were acting in defiance of the clemency of Christ, for which they might expect eternal damnation at the Last Judgment.
At the time, Mozart was deeply engaged with the writing of two operas: The Magic Flute and La clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus").
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Modeled after the English Kings' royal decrees of clemency, framers of the U.S. Constitution considered judicial forgiveness important enough for inclusion in that historic document.
Yet these days the Department of Justice seldom offers this form of clemency to the kinds of individuals for whom the practice was conceived.
Presidents tend to save their most controversial grants of clemency for the end of their term in order to avoid the ensuing political firestorm while in office.
It is traditional in Iran to release prisoners as a gesture of clemency to mark the close of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends this week.
The mercy of clemency is something enshrined in our most precious founding document: our Constitution.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com