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Lenience

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Leniency.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.

n. A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as leniency.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers

n. a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

n. mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

Word Usage

"If characters are likened to the children of their creators, then it's reasonable to say that there are different parenting styles, and that one's strictness or lenience is not necessarily an accurate measure of the love one holds for their characters."

Equivalent

leniency

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mercifulness mercy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

lenity clemency indulgence mercy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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