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Lenience

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Noun

1. lenience, leniency, lenity, mildness

mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

2. indulgence, lenience, leniency

a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

Example Sentences:
'too much indulgence spoils a child'

3. lenience, leniency

lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Lenience

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adjective
1. 
showing or characterized by mercy or tolerance
2. archaic
caressing or soothing

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Lenience

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adjective
1. 
not harsh or severe in disciplining, punishing, judging, etc.; mild; merciful; clement
2.  Archaic
soothing

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Lenience

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n.
Leniency.

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