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acceptance, benevolence, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, consideration, disposition to mercy, endurance, favor, flexibility, forbearance, forgiveness, forgivingness, freedom from vindictiveness, generousness, gentleness, grace, humanity, indulgence, kindness, lack of strictness, leniency, lenity, liberality, longanimity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderation, pampering, patience, pity, placability, placableness, quarter, ruth, softheartedness, softness, sympathy, tolerance, toleration, understanding
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clemency, condonation, humanity (humaneness), indulgence, longanimity, moderation, pity
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
См. также в других словарях:
Lenience — Le ni*ence (l[=e] n[i^]*ens or l[=e]n yens; 106), Leniency Le ni*en*cy (l[=e] n[i^]*en*s[y^] or l[=e]n yen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lenience — 1796, from LENIENT (Cf. lenient) + ENCE (Cf. ence) … Etymology dictionary
lenience — noun a) Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment. There was lenience in the sentence given by the court, and he got the minimum prison time. b) A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency … Wiktionary
lenience — leniency UK [ˈliːnɪənsɪ] / US [ˈlɪnɪənsɪ] or lenience UK [ˈliːnɪəns] / US [ˈlɪnɪəns] noun [uncountable] a punishment that is not as severe as it could be … English dictionary
lenience — lenient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ merciful or tolerant. DERIVATIVES lenience noun leniency noun leniently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin lenire soothe , from lenis mild, gentle … English terms dictionary
lenience — noun Date: 1796 leniency … New Collegiate Dictionary
lenience — le·ni·ence (lēʹnē əns, lēnʹyəns) n. Leniency. * * * … Universalium
lenience — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Kind, forgiving, or compassionate treatment of or disposition toward others: charily, clemency, grace, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy. See FORGIVENESS. 2. Forbearing or lenient treatment: charitableness,… … English dictionary for students
lenience — n. laxness, looseness, permissiveness, lack of strictness … English contemporary dictionary
lenience — n.; (also leniency) Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness, gentleness, forbearance … New dictionary of synonyms
