ˈklemənt adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin clement-, clemens; probably akin to Greek klinein to lean — more at lean
1.
a. : characteized by mercy and humaneness in the exercise of power to judge or punish
a master as intelligent, as cultivated, and as clement as Caesar — R.P.Oliver
b. : giving the impression or creating an effect of mildness, gentleness, or tenderness
a bright and clement star shining through the powdery bloom of the dusk — Ellen Glasgow
2. of weather : mild
birds that … seek the clement South — Edna S. V. Millay
Synonyms: see forbearing