WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
2.85
History
Add

leniency noun [ ˈliːnɪənsi ]

• the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency.
• "the court could show leniency"
Similar: mercifulness, mercy, clemency, lenity, forgiveness, tolerance, forbearance, moderateness, lack of severity, moderation, humanity, charity, indulgence, gentleness, mildness, sufferance, acceptance, pity, sympathy, compassion, understanding, concern, consideration, kindness, kind-heartedness, benevolence, soft-heartedness, permissiveness, liberality, liberalness,
Opposite: mercilessness, strictness, severity,


2025 WordDisk