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Clemency, yes, no, maybe?

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RoseApp · 31/10/2024 19:47

I really like Clemency. I feel it is a positive , happy name and a feisty one. I really like Clemmie as a nickname but when I mentioned it to a friend she was really down on it.

i had a French friend at uni who was called Clémence which I thought at the time sounded so sophisticated but again very negative reaction from family

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PumpkinSpicedLatte · 31/10/2024 19:50

Clémence Or Clementine is lovely . Clemency reminds me of the term of like getting off jail time

CherryHinton · 31/10/2024 19:50

Clemency is just another word for Mercy, I like it.

DreadPirateRobots · 31/10/2024 19:50

YaWeeFurryBastard · 31/10/2024 19:48

Isn’t that the term for when American criminals get let off the death penalty?

It means any demonstration of mercy or softening of punishment.

Mishmashs · 31/10/2024 19:50

It makes me think of when a prisoner or person on trial appeals for clemency. Is it actually a name? We know a little Clemence but she is half French and gets called Clemmie.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 31/10/2024 19:49

YaWeeFurryBastard · 31/10/2024 19:48

Isn’t that the term for when American criminals get let off the death penalty?

This! I hear clemency, I think death row. Sorry OP.

orangetriangle · 31/10/2024 19:49

what about Clementine

YaWeeFurryBastard · 31/10/2024 19:48

Isn’t that the term for when American criminals get let off the death penalty?

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