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lenity
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LENITY
n.[L. lenitas, from lenis, mild, soft. ] Mildness of temper; softness; tenderness; mercy. Young offenders may be treated with lenity. It is opposed to severity and rigor.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LENITY
Len "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. lenitas, fr. lenis soft, mild: cf. OF. lenité.See Lenient. ]
Defn: The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor. His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness; humanity; clemency; mercy.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lenity
len i ty |ˈlenətē ˈlɛnədi | ▶noun literary kindness; gentleness. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French lenite, or from Latin lenitas, from lenis ‘gentle. ’
Oxford Dictionary
lenity
lenity |ˈlɛnɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] literary the quality of being kind or gentle. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French lenite, or from Latin lenitas, from lenis ‘gentle ’.
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