| Definition of 'leniency' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
2. (noun) indulgence, lenience, leniency
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
"too much indulgence spoils a child"
3. (noun) lenience, leniency
lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
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| Definition of 'leniency' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) leniency
the quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency
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Sense: merciful or punishing only lightly
You are much too lenient with wrongdoers.
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 Afrikaans: toegewendheid |
 Arabic: تَساهُل، تَعاطُف |
 Bulgarian: снизхождение |
 Brazilian: benevolência |
 Czech: shovívavost |
 German: die Nachsicht |
 Danish: mildhed |
 Greek: επιείκεια |
 Spanish: clemencia, indulgencia |
 Estonian: leebus |
 Farsi: ملایمت |
 Finnish: armollisuus |
 French: indulgence |
 Hebrew: יַחַס מֵקֵל |
 Hindi: सौम्यता, नरमता |
 Croatian: popustljivost |
 Hungarian: elnézés |
 Indonesian: sifat pengampun |
 Icelandic: linkind, mildi |
 Italian: indulgenza |
 Japanese: 寛大 |
 Korean: 관대함 |
 Lithuanian: atlaidumas |
 Latvian: iecietība |
 Malay: sikap lembut |
 Dutch: mildheid |
 Norwegian: lemfeldighet, overbærenhe |
 Polish: wyrozumiałość, łagodność |
 Persian: ملایمت |
 Pashto: نرمى او ښه والى |
 Portuguese: benevolência |
 Romanian: indulgenţă |
 Russian: снисходительность |
 Slovak: zhovievavosť |
 Slovenian: blagost |
 Serbian: popustljivost |
 Swedish: mildhet,överseende, efter |
 Thai: ความปรานี |
 Turkish: hoşgörülülük |
 Taiwanese: 寬厚 |
 Ukrainian: поблажливість; терпимість |
 Urdu: مہربانی |
 Vietnamese: tính khoan dung |
 Chinese: 宽厚 |
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