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leniencynoun kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of itthe defense requested leniency in light of their client's lack of a prior criminal record charity, clemency, forbearance, lenience, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, quarter humanitarianism, philanthropyempathy, pity, sympathy, understandingcommiseration, favor, gracebenevolence, care, compassion, gentleness, goodness, goodwill, humaneness, kindliness, kindness, meekness, mildness, niceness, softness, tendernessaltruism, generosity, magnanimity, nobilityaffection, devotion, love, worship hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, uncharitablenessreprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeancevenom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriolatrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, violence, wantonnesscastigation, chastisement, discipline, punishment, scoldingabhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, hate, hatred, loathingcattiness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleenanimosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, gall, grudge, hostility, jealousy, pique, resentmentbile, jaundice, rancorhatefulness, invidiousnesscoarseness, hardness, harshness, roughness mercy, charity, clemency, grace, leniency mean a disposition to show kindness or compassion.mercy implies compassion that forbears punishing even when justice demands it.threw himself on the mercy of the court charity stresses benevolence and goodwill shown in broad understanding and tolerance of others.show a little charity for the less fortunate clemency implies a mild or merciful disposition in one having the power or duty of punishing.the judge refused to show clemency grace implies a benign attitude and a willingness to grant favors or make concessions.by the grace of God leniency implies lack of severity in punishing.criticized the courts for excessive leniency in 1753 |