leniency Antonyms
Strongest:
- savagery
- savagery
- requital
- scolding
- ruthlessness
- reprisal
- cruelty
- requital
- retribution
- mercilessness
- vindictiveness
- revenge
- ruthlessness
- virulence
- vengeance
- vindictiveness
- punishment
- virulence
- sadism
- scolding
- barbarity
- violence
- violence
- discipline
- barbarity
- reprisal
- revenge
- brutality
- mercilessness
- vengeance
- discipline
- sadism
- retribution
- cruelty
- punishment
- brutality
- retaliation
- retaliation
Strong:
- malignancy
- savageness
- wantonness
- meanness
- pitilessness
- antipathy
- truculence
- abomination
- pitilessness
- venom
- malevolence
- atrocity
- antipathy
- hard-heartedness
- malice
- animosity
- castigation
- uncharitableness
- maliciousness
- grudge
- wantonness
- resentment
- hard-heartedness
- enmity
- hatred
- meanness
- detestation
- abomination
- malevolence
- jealousy
- viciousness
- resentment
- hate
- uncharitableness
- hatred
- enmity
- abhorrence
- atrocity
- execration
- castigation
- vitriol
- vitriol
- jealousy
- savageness
- truculence
- spleen
- hostility
- abhorrence
- hostility
- malignity
- antagonism
- venom
- malignancy
- hate
- animosity
- spleen
- bitterness
- malice
- spite
- malignity
- antagonism
- detestation
- bitterness
- viciousness
- loathing
- execration
- maliciousness
- chastisement
- grudge
- spite
- loathing
- chastisement
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Strongest:
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Weak:
Meaning of leniency
leniency (n)
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
leniency (n.)
The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
leniency Sentence Examples
- The judge showed leniency to the first-time offender, giving her a suspended sentence.
- The leniency in the university's plagiarism policy has led to an increase in incidents.
- The leniency of the parole board is a concern for law enforcement officials.
- The government's leniency towards corporate malfeasance has been widely criticized.
- The parents' leniency with their children has resulted in a lack of discipline.
- The leniency of the coach in training has made the team less competitive.
- The leniency in grading has led to inflated grades and a lower standard of education.
- The leniency of the sentence was seen as a miscarriage of justice.
- The leniency of the contract allowed for easy termination by either party.
- The leniency of the penalties for speeding has failed to deter reckless driving.
FAQs About the word leniency
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant, a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone, lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by ju
mercifulness,mercy, forbearance, grace, lenience,empathy, lenity, charity, compassion, sympathy
savagery, savagery, requital, scolding, ruthlessness, reprisal, cruelty, requital, retribution, mercilessness
The judge showed leniency to the first-time offender, giving her a suspended sentence.
The leniency in the university's plagiarism policy has led to an increase in incidents.
The leniency of the parole board is a concern for law enforcement officials.
The government's leniency towards corporate malfeasance has been widely criticized.
