Defenition of the word leniency

• Defenition of the word leniency

  • a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
  • lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
  • mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
  • a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

Synonyms for the word leniency

• • clemency
  • compassion
  • easygoingness
  • humanity
  • indulgence
  • kindness
  • lenience
  • lenity
  • mercy
  • mildness

Similar words in the leniency

• • leniency
  • leniency's

Hyponyms for the word leniency

• • clemency
  • mercifulness
  • mercy
  • softness

Hypernyms for the word leniency

• • mercifulness
  • mercy
  • permissiveness
  • tolerance

See other words

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  • The grammatical meaning of the word stand up
  • Meaning of the word unreadable
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word proscriptive
  • The origin of the word destabilized
  • Synonym for the word viewpoint
  • Antonyms for the word diluted
  • Homonyms for the word abating
  • Hyponyms for the word declining
  • Holonyms for the word undermined
  • Hypernyms for the word deteriorating
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word fading
  • Translation of the word in other languages flagging