lenience

Examples

• All

• Overall, however, Iraqi Sunnis view the entry of non-Muslims into mosques with relative lenience compared to their co-religionists outside Iraq.

  Academic text (2007)

• It is easy for us to believe in some form of temporary insanity in such cases, and that implies a need for lenience.

  Blog text (24)

• I have no right to expect lenience in return, and so lenience there shall not be.

  Alex O'Connor

• The official explanation for the greater lenience is that church leaders in the area have adhered to the policies of the authorities.

  Academic text (1990)

• Early paroles also help explain our system's lenience.

  Academic text (1997)

• Yes, but it's a problem when the side with more power also receives more empathy, more lenience, and more acceptance.

  Blog text (3)

• While jurors used their authority to let sympathetic defendants off the hook, there was generally little lenience for citizens who rebelled against common moral standards.

  Academic text (2002)

• Perhaps the EPA's lenience is designed to preserve the economic viability of a crucial segment of an ailing economy.

  Blog text (15)

• This lenience appeals to me, the fact that one belief (diet) doesn't snuff out others (humility).

  Academic text (2008)

• The teacher showed lenience towards the student who was struggling to complete the assignment on time.

Synonyms

L

leniency

vslenience

26 4.6

Not being strict when judging or punishing someone

is the alternate form representing the same merciful, tolerant idea

I

indulgence

vslenience

19 5.1

Allowing someone to have or do what they want, often too much

is tolerance in judgment and punishment rather than permitting excess desires

S

softness

vslenience

3 1.8

A gentle, kind way of acting toward others

relates that gentleness specifically to judging others rather than general trait

M

mildness

vslenience

1 3.3

A gentle, calm way of treating people

applies that quality specifically to judgment and punishment situations

L

lenity

vslenience

• Formal

9.9

Being kind and not strict when judging or punishing someone

focuses more on tolerance and not being strict in judgment

M

mercifulness

vslenience

5.6

Kindness and forgiveness shown to people you could punish

emphasizes being tolerant and not strict rather than emotional compassion

L

laxism

vslenience

9.9

Not being strict about rules or what is right and wrong

is the general quality of merciful tolerance, not a formal moral doctrine

Antonyms

S

severity

11 6.4

Being very strict and harsh when judging or punishing people

S

strictness

3 3.4

Being very firm about rules and making people follow them

How Lenient

indulgence

19 5.1

forgiveness

333 2.2

lenience

1 6.0

mercy

609 1.3

tolerance

160 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology