leniency Antonyms
Strongest:
- discipline
- retribution
- reprisal
- barbarity
- scolding
- vindictiveness
- requital
- retaliation
- cruelty
- vengeance
- mercilessness
- violence
- retribution
- virulence
- sadism
- revenge
- violence
- sadism
- reprisal
- ruthlessness
- discipline
- ruthlessness
- scolding
- vindictiveness
- brutality
- savagery
- mercilessness
- vengeance
- retaliation
- savagery
- brutality
- cruelty
- requital
- punishment
- revenge
- punishment
- barbarity
- virulence
Strong:
- malice
- chastisement
- enmity
- spleen
- bitterness
- abomination
- abhorrence
- antipathy
- hostility
- maliciousness
- antagonism
- spite
- hard-heartedness
- wantonness
- detestation
- atrocity
- viciousness
- pitilessness
- hate
- savageness
- atrocity
- malice
- detestation
- resentment
- savageness
- hatred
- animosity
- antagonism
- maliciousness
- malevolence
- hate
- meanness
- meanness
- spite
- loathing
- execration
- spleen
- castigation
- grudge
- jealousy
- grudge
- viciousness
- uncharitableness
- castigation
- loathing
- pitilessness
- hard-heartedness
- malevolence
- execration
- abhorrence
- bitterness
- antipathy
- jealousy
- vitriol
- hostility
- uncharitableness
- vitriol
- abomination
- wantonness
- hatred
- malignancy
- animosity
- chastisement
- truculence
- resentment
- malignancy
- enmity
- venom
- malignity
- malignity
- truculence
- venom
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Strongest:
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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, lenience, kindness, charity, forbearance, clemency, sympathy, grace, lenity
discipline, retribution, reprisal, barbarity, scolding, vindictiveness, requital, retaliation, cruelty, vengeance
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.
