Lenience vs Reprieve - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) 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.
(countable) A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency.
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
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(obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
Lenience is a related term of reprieve.
As nouns the difference between lenience and reprieve
is that lenience is (uncountable) leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment while reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.As a verb reprieve is
to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.lenience
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reprieve
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(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
