LENIENCY meaning: Mercy or mildness in judgment

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▸ noun: The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
▸ noun: An act of being lenient.

Opposite:

harshness, severity, strictness

Types:

mercy, compassion, forgiveness, lenience, pardon, clemency, more...

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Adjectives:

greater, such, more, excessive, undue, relative, extreme, comparative, judicial, considerable, apparent

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