lenience | (noun) lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | Synonyms: leniency |
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(noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: leniency, lenity, mildness |
(noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: indulgence, leniency |
leniency | (noun) lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | Synonyms: lenience |
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(noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: lenience, lenity, mildness |
(noun) a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | Synonyms: indulgence, lenience |
lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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(adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
(adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
leniently | (adverb) in a permissively lenient manner | Synonyms: laxly |
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lenify | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, mollify, pacify, placate |
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lenitive | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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(noun) remedy that eases pain and discomfort | - |
lenity | (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: lenience, leniency, mildness |
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