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lenities

lenities is the plural of lenity.

Meaning of lenity

Noun

lenity (countable and uncountable, plural lenities)

  1. leniency, mercy, forgiveness
    • His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue,
      And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    lenience

Questions about lenities

What is lenities the plural of?
Lenities is the plural of lenity.

Words near lenities in the dictionary

  1. lenis
  2. Lenises
  3. lenite
  4. lenited
  5. lenites
  6. lenities
  7. leniting
  8. lenition
  9. lenitions
  10. lenitive
  11. lenitively

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