Charity vs Leniency - What's the difference?
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(archaic) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
An act of being lenient.
Charity is a related term of leniency.
As a proper noun charity
is .As a noun leniency is
the quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.charity
English
Noun
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
Synonyms
* (organization) charitable organizationleniency
English
Noun
- The convicted felon asked for leniency , but because the crime was so heinous the judge refused and gave the maximum sentence.