CLEMENCY

klem'-en-si (epietkeia, "fairness," "sweet reasonableness," Acts 24:4): The Greek word is rendered elsewhere "gentleness," 2 Corinthians 10:1; Titus 3:2, "meekhess"; James 3:17; 1 Peter 2:18.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.