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Lenience

noun
1.
Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant.  Synonyms: leniency, lenity, mildness.
2.
A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone.  Synonyms: indulgence, leniency.
3.
Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.  Synonym: leniency.





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"Lenience" Quotes from Famous Books



... philanthropic was strengthened in his moral tone (as his wife found out) by being compelled to discharge the least pleasant of the duties of a county sheriff—or if not a fine thing, at least it was a wholesome and durable corrective to all excess of lenience, that duty to his country and mankind compelled the gentle Scuddy to conduct the western division ...
— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore


Words linked to "Lenience" :   clemency, softness, mercy, mercifulness, lenity, permissiveness, tolerance, lenient


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