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Word | Leniency |
Portuguese Meaning | clemência |
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant / lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers / The quality or state of being lenient / mildness; permissiveness / the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency. / a lenient disposition or practice, | |
Usage | ⇒ The students took advantage of his leniency ⇒ Considering the gravity of the offense, we were surprised by the leniency of the sentence. ⇒ the defense requested leniency in light of their client's lack of a prior criminal record ⇒ the court could show leniency |
Synonyms | mercy, compassion, tolerance, lenience, charity, clemency, indulgence, lenity, mildness, patience, tenderness, forbearance, kindness, mercifulness, pity, sympathy, forgiveness, grace, humanity, understanding, |
Antonyms | cruelty, atrocity, fury, hardness, harshness, rigor, sadism, vengeance, viciousness, abhorrence, acrimony, animosity, asperity, austerity, barbarity, bitterness, brutality, enmity, ferocity, firmness, |
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