lenience (Meaning)
lenience (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
lenience (n.)
Alt. of Leniency
Synonyms & Antonyms of lenience
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- barbarity
- chastisement
- vindictiveness
- vengeance
- virulence
- violence
- sadism
- venom
- ruthlessness
- hatred
- spite
- retaliation
- requital
- venom
- brutality
- chastisement
- punishment
- discipline
- cruelty
- reprisal
- revenge
- cruelty
- barbarity
- retaliation
- requital
- hatred
- revenge
- discipline
- viciousness
- retribution
- mercilessness
- scolding
- violence
- vindictiveness
- viciousness
- spite
- sadism
- vengeance
- savagery
- scolding
- punishment
- savagery
- reprisal
- retribution
- virulence
- ruthlessness
- brutality
- mercilessness
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- castigation
- loathing
- wantonness
- vitriol
- malevolence
- uncharitableness
- grudge
- jealousy
- spleen
- malignity
- castigation
- truculence
- malevolence
- malignancy
- grudge
- loathing
- wantonness
- maliciousness
- uncharitableness
- resentment
- animosity
- antagonism
- malice
- enmity
- nastiness
- atrocity
- abhorrence
- hostility
- pitilessness
- maliciousness
- execration
- gall
- hard-heartedness
- bitterness
- spleen
- malignancy
- hate
- abomination
- vitriol
- abhorrence
- hard-heartedness
- hostility
- nastiness
- resentment
- enmity
- meanness
- antipathy
- jealousy
- abomination
- malignity
- atrocity
- truculence
- malice
- bitterness
- savageness
- animosity
- antipathy
- meanness
- antagonism
- savageness
- gall
- detestation
- pitilessness
- execration
- detestation
- hate
lenience Sentence Examples
- The judge showed lenience toward the first-time offender and gave him a suspended sentence.
- The teacher displayed lenience in allowing students to make up missed exams.
- The company's lenience policy allowed employees to take unpaid time off for family emergencies.
- The parole board exhibited lenience in approving the inmate's early release.
- The landlord's lenience allowed the tenant to pay the rent late without penalty.
- The doctor's lenience in prescribing medication helped ease the patient's pain.
- The creditor's lenience enabled the debtor to repay the loan in installments.
- The coach's lenience allowed the injured player to sit out practice.
- The supervisor's lenience in granting time off requests boosted employee morale.
- The parent's lenience in allowing their child to stay up late backfired when the child became exhausted the next day.
FAQs About the word lenience
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
mercy, leniency, mercifulness, compassion, tenderness,empathy, sympathy, kindness, clemency, charity
barbarity, chastisement, vindictiveness, vengeance, virulence, violence, sadism, venom, ruthlessness, hatred
The judge showed lenience toward the first-time offender and gave him a suspended sentence.
The teacher displayed lenience in allowing students to make up missed exams.
The company's lenience policy allowed employees to take unpaid time off for family emergencies.
The parole board exhibited lenience in approving the inmate's early release.
