different between clement vs benignant

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cl?m?ns.

Adjective

clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)

1. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
   • a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]

     Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.

2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
   • 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,

     The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.

   • 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,

     The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.

Antonyms

• inclement

Related terms

• clemency

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French clément, from Latin clemens.

Adjective

clement m or n (feminine singular clement?, masculine plural clemen?i, feminine and neuter plural clemente)

1. clement

Declension

English

Etymology

From benign +? -ant, on the model of malignant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /b??n??n?nt/
• Hyphenation: be?nign?ant

Adjective

benignant (comparative more benignant, superlative most benignant)

1. (now rare) Kind; gracious; favorable.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 417:

     Here Nature appears in her richest attire, and Art, dressed with the modestest simplicity, attends her benignant mistress.