leniency
/ˈliːni.ən(t)si/
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leniency noun: the quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
Noun
leniency (countable and uncountable, plural leniencies)
- 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.
leniency meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
leniency in Tamil
- கண்டும் காணாதும், கனிவான போக்கு
leniency in Urdu
- نرمی, رحم, رعایت, شفاقت
leniency in Malayalam
- clemency, mercy, mercifulness
- അലിവ്, കരുണ, കൃപ, ദാക്ഷിണ്യം, ദയ, ദയവ്
leniency in Kannada
- ರಿಯಾಯಿತಿ
Forms of leniency
| plural | leniencies |
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Origin of leniency
From lenience + -y, from Latin lēn(iō) (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
Words formed from leniency
- leniency applicant
- leniency application
- Leniency Notice
- leniency policy
- Leniency Program
- overleniency
- proleniency
Questions about leniency
- What does leniency mean?
- Leniency means the quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
- What is leniency in Tamil?
- Leniency in Tamil is கண்டும் காணாதும், கனிவான போக்கு. See Leniency meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is leniency?
- Leniency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce leniency?
- Leniency is pronounced /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/.
- What is the plural of leniency?
- The plural of leniency is leniencies.
Words near leniency in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: leniency (page history and authors); leniency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leniency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leniency (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); leniency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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