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Choose the appropriate word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

The benevolent king showed clemency to the defeated soldier.

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'Clemency' means mercy or leniency towards an offender. Its opposite is 'virulence', meaning bitter hostility or harshness. 'Mercy' and 'leniency' are synonyms of clemency, and 'equanimity' means calmness.

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