leniency
1leniency — index clemency, grace period, humanity (humaneness), indulgence, lenience, longanimity, moderation, pa …
2leniency — 1780, from LENIENT (Cf. lenient) + CY (Cf. cy) …
3leniency — clemency, mercifulness, forbearance, tolerance, indulgence (see under FORBEARING) Analogous words: lenity, clemency, *mercy, charity, grace: kindliness, benignity, benignancy, kindness (see corresponding adjectives at KIND): compassionateness,… …
4leniency — UK [ˈliːnɪənsɪ] / US [ˈlɪnɪənsɪ] or lenience UK [ˈliːnɪəns] / US [ˈlɪnɪəns] noun [uncountable] a punishment that is not as severe as it could be …
5leniency — noun VERB + LENIENCY ▪ show ▪ appeal for (BrE) PREPOSITION ▪ leniency for ▪ She begged for leniency for her son …
6leniency — n. 1) to show leniency 2) leniency towards, with * * * [ liːnɪənsɪ] with to show leniency leniency towards …
7leniency — [[t]li͟ːniənsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N to/towards n Leniency is a lenient attitude or lenient behaviour. The judge rejected pleas for leniency and sentenced him to six months in prison... He said he would show no leniency towards those who stirred… …
8Leniency — Lenience Le ni*ence (l[=e] n[i^]*ens or l[=e]n yens; 106), Leniency Le ni*en*cy (l[=e] n[i^]*en*s[y^] or l[=e]n yen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency. [1913 Webster] …
9leniency — noun a) The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case. The convicted felon asked for leniency, but because the crime was so heinous the judge refused and gave the maximum sentence. b) An act of …
10leniency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mercifulness Nouns leniency, lenience, lenity, moderation, tolerance, toleration, mildness, gentleness, favor; indulgence, clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter, patience; compassion, ruth, pity. See… …
