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

Example sentences :

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

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