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单词 lenience
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lenience

noun

le·​nience ˈlē-nyən(t)s How to pronounce lenience (audio)
-nē-ən(t)s
: leniency

Synonyms

  • charity
  • clemency
  • forbearance
  • leniency
  • lenity
  • mercifulness
  • mercy
  • quarter
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Example Sentences

a judge's reputation for lenience towards first-time criminals
Recent Examples on the Web But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022 But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2022 But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022 But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience. Jim Vertuno, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 One factor that could weigh against lenience was Smollett’s own testimony at trial. Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022 Arbery's parents and sister, who spoke before the sentences were handed down, asked the judge to show no lenience. NBC News, 7 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

lenience

noun

as in mercy
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it a judge's reputation for lenience towards first-time criminals

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mercy
  • mercifulness
  • leniency
  • empathy
  • clemency
  • sympathy
  • compassion
  • forbearance
  • kindness
  • grace
  • lenity
  • tenderness
  • charity
  • pity
  • goodness
  • generosity
  • quarter
  • understanding
  • affection
  • love
  • humanitarianism
  • gentleness
  • softness
  • magnanimity
  • goodwill
  • meekness
  • benevolence
  • philanthropy
  • altruism
  • favor
  • worship
  • nobility
  • humaneness
  • kindliness
  • devotion
  • mildness
  • care
  • niceness
  • commiseration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • punishment
  • retribution
  • revenge
  • ruthlessness
  • vengeance
  • retaliation
  • mercilessness
  • cruelty
  • vindictiveness
  • violence
  • uncharitableness
  • pitilessness
  • brutality
  • discipline
  • sadism
  • reprisal
  • scolding
  • virulence
  • barbarity
  • savagery
  • hatred
  • chastisement
  • viciousness
  • castigation
  • requital
  • spite
  • savageness
  • vitriol
  • venom
  • truculence
  • hostility
  • abhorrence
  • wantonness
  • malice
  • atrocity
  • hard-heartedness
  • malevolence
  • animosity
  • hate
  • meanness
  • jealousy
  • loathing
  • detestation
  • antagonism
  • enmity
  • resentment
  • spitefulness
  • maliciousness
  • antipathy
  • malignity
  • abomination
  • malignancy
  • bitterness
  • execration
  • nastiness
  • grudge
  • harshness
  • spleen
  • hardness
  • rancor
  • pique
  • roughness
  • gall
  • jaundice
  • bile
  • invidiousness
  • hatefulness
  • coarseness
  • cattiness
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