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