Lenience: alternatives and connections

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

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Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

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Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

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Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

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The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to seve…

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The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

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