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Leniency vs Lenient - What's the difference?

leniency | lenient |

Leniency is a related term of lenient.


As nouns the difference between leniency and lenient

is that leniency is the quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case while lenient is (medicine) a lenitive; an emollient.

As a adjective lenient is

lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.

leniency

English

Noun

  • The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
    • The convicted felon asked for leniency , but because the crime was so heinous the judge refused and gave the maximum sentence.
  • An act of being lenient.
    • Derived terms
    * leniency application * leniency applicant * leniency policy * Leniency Notice * Leniency Program

    lenient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
    • The standard is fairly lenient , so use your discretion.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.

    Synonyms

    * lax, permissive

    Antonyms

    * strict * severe * stringent

    Related terms

    * lenience * leniency * lenity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.

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