Definition inclined to be merciful : lenient not severe: mild In Context "Eagle Scout Michael Eliason completed his project by literally blazing a trail: he created a half-mile-long trail along a Heights park still being developed along the Yellowstone River, Dover Park. 'We rototilled and used pickaxes on it, and we had to wait until the weather was clement,' he said." Mike Ferguson, The Billings Gazette, 24 Nov. 2014