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leniency|ˈliːnɪənsɪ|
[f. lenient: see -ency.]
The quality of being lenient.
1780F. Burney Let. 9 June, After all the leniency and forbearance of the ministry. 1794Coleridge Lett. (1895) I. 71 All the fellows tried to persuade the Master to greater leniency, but in vain. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 392 No leniency towards him could appease his resentment. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. iii. 38 Leniency to malefactors..was cruelty to the good and peaceable subjects. |