executive clemency

行政長官的恩慈、(美國)總統(或州長)的寬恕(對已定罪者給以減刑的做法)、(總統或州長的)特赦權、總統特許從寬、州長特許減刑

英文釋義

the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction