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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCLEM'ENCY, n. [L. inclementia. See Clemency.]
1. Want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; harshness; severity; applied to persons.
2. Roughness, boisterousness; storminess; or simply raininess; severe cold, etc.; applied to the weather. We were detained by the inclemency of the weather.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: weather unsuitable for outdoor activities [syn: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness] [ant: good weather]
2: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1559 the quality or state of being inclement

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inclemency In*clem"en*cy, n.; pl. Inclemencies. [L. inclementia: cf. F. incl['e]mence.] 1. The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. The inclemency of the late pope. --Bp. Hall. 2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow. The inclemencies of morning air. --Pope. The rude inclemency of wintry skies. --Cowper. Syn: Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Severity, rigor, harshness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness, roughness. 2. Want of clemency, harshness, unmercifulness, severity.

Moby Thesaurus

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