Inclemency

Definitions

1. The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
   uncountable, usually
2. Something that is inclement.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“with neither house nor clothes to cover⟳ them from the inclemencies of the weather”

“They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect⟳ the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather.”

“There had been rain⟳, squalls mingled with snow⟳, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last⟳.”

“The cry⟳ of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open⟳ boat.”

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