lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity
(noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lenity (countable and uncountable, plural lenities)
leniency
mercy
forgiveness
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Source: Wiktionary
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
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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