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LENITIES
Noun
lenities
plural of lenity
Source: Wiktionary
LENITY
Len"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. lenitas, fr. lenis soft, mild: cf. OF. lenité. See Lenient.]
Definition: The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency;
– opposed to severity and rigor. His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness; humanity; clemency; mercy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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