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Leniency

Leniency Meaning & Definition
Leniency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leniency?

[n] lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
[n] mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
[n] a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Leniency: indulgence | lenience | lenience | lenity | mildness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Leniency: abatement | acceptance | accommodatingness | agreeableness | allayment | alleviation | assuagement | attentiveness | benevolence | blunting | calming | carelessness | charitableness | charity | clemency | commiseration | compassion | complaisance | concern | condolence | condonation | considerateness | consideration | damping | deadening | delicacy | demulsion | diminution | downiness | dulcification | dulling | easiness | easing | easygoingness | endurance | falling-off | favor | featheriness | feeling | flossiness | fluffiness | forbearance | forbearing | forbearingness | forgiveness | fortitude | generousness | gentleness | grace | heedfulness | helpfulness | humanity | hushing | impotence | imprecision | indifference | indulgence | insolidity | kindness | laxity | laxness | lenience | lenity | lessening | letdown | letup | lightening | longanimity | long-sufferance | long-suffering | looseness | loosening | lulling | magnanimity | mellowness | mercifulness | mercy | mindfulness | mitigation | modulation | mollification | morbidezza | negligence | nonresistiveness | nonrigidity | obligingness | overindulgence | overpermissiveness | pacification | palliation | pardon | pathos | patience | patience of Job | patientness | permissiveness | perseverance | pity | plushiness | pulpiness | quarter | quietening | quieting | reduction | regard | regardfulness | relaxation | relaxedness | relief | remission | remissness | reprieve | ruth | satininess | self-control | self-pity | silkiness | slackening | slackness | sloppiness | softening | softness | solicitousness | solicitude | soothing | sponginess | stoicism | subduement | sufferance | sweet reasonableness | sympathy | tact | tactfulness | tempering | tenderness | thought | thoughtfulness | tolerance | toleration | tranquilization | unrestraint | unsolidity | velvetiness | waiting game | waiting it out | weakness

See Also | clemency | mercifulness | mercifulness | mercy | mercy | permissiveness | softness | tolerance | tolerance

Leniency In Webster's Dictionary

\Le"ni*en*cy\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*en*s[y^] or l[=e]n"yen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

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