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Antonyms for lenience
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : lee-nee-uh n-see, leen-yuh n- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli ni ən si, ˈlin yən- |
Definition of lenience
Origin :- 1796, from lenient + -ence.
- noun grace
- noun tolerance
- I cannot explain—my brain is on fire, I think—but try to judge with lenience.
- Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
- Shortcomings of this nature should be regarded with some lenience.
- Extract from : « From Paper-mill to Pressroom » by William Bond Wheelwright
- Bonaparte has also been blamed for the lenience of his terms.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) » by John Holland Rose
- It was plain that lenience was wasted in such a case, and simple imprisonment was not enough.
- Extract from : « A Child of the Jago » by Arthur Morrison
- I thought it an odd example of lenience to allow the batsman as many strokes behind the catcher as he chanced to make.
- Extract from : « Roving East and Roving West » by E. V. Lucas
- If some gentlemen knew the facts that come to us, they would wonder at our lenience to their faults.
- Extract from : « Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z » by Various
- He had inherited from his old Irish mother a certain mildness, and a lenience, where they were concerned.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Rachael » by Kathleen Norris
- Lenity is undoubtedly the proper word to use, though both Webster and Worcester do recognize leniency and lenience.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- De Wet was once more given his life, and the other rebels were treated with a lenience which nothing but its wisdom could excuse.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the Great War » by A. F. Pollard
- If God did not chastise sin, that lenience would argue that He was not all love and goodness towards man.
- Extract from : « The English Church in the Eighteenth Century » by Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
Synonyms for lenience
- altruism
- benefaction
- beneficence
- benevolence
- broad-mindedness
- caritas
- charitableness
- charity
- clemency
- compassion
- compassionateness
- concession
- endurance
- favor
- forbearance
- freedom
- generosity
- good will
- goodness
- grace
- humanity
- indulgence
- kindliness
- kindness
- leniency
- lenity
- liberalism
- liberality
- liberalness
- license
- love
- magnanimity
- mercifulness
- mercy
- pardon
- patience
- permission
- permissiveness
- quarter
- reprieve
- responsiveness
- sensitivity
- sufferance
- sympathy
- tenderness
- toleration
- understanding
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