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leniency

 
Noun leniency has 3 senses
  1. lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity - mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
    --1 is a kind of mercifulness, mercy
  2. indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
    --2 is a kind of permissiveness, tolerance
    --2 has particulars: softness
  3. lenience, leniency - lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
    --3 is a kind of tolerance
    --3 has particulars: clemency, mercifulness, mercy
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