Leniency Synonyms

lēnē-ən-sē, lēnyən-
Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. charity
  2. clemency
  3. grace
  4. lenience
  5. lenity
  6. mercifulness
  7. mercy
Forbearing or lenient treatment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lenience
  2. forbearance
  3. indulgence
  4. charity
  5. tolerance
  6. lenity
  7. charitableness
  8. toleration
  9. mildness
Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lenience
The condition or quality of being lenient.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mercy

Words Related to Leniency

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Leniency Sentence Examples

  • Flechier, by his leniency and tact, succeeded in bringing over some of them to his views, and even gained the esteem of those who declined to change their faith.

  • Discontent at the leniency of these terms was so strong at Constantinople that it nearly brought on a renewal of the war.

  • The leniency of the sentences indicates the comparatively trifling character of the wrongdoing.

  • De la Gardie was treated with relative leniency, but he "received permission to retire to his estates for the rest of his life" and died there in comparative poverty, a mere shadow of his former magnificent self.

  • This was made plain by the leniency of Athanasius towards Marcellus of Ancyra.

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