leniency

English

Alternative forms

• lenience

Etymology

From lenient +‎ -ency.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

leniency (countable and uncountable, plural leniencies)

1. 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.

2. An act of being lenient.

Derived terms

• leniency applicant
• leniency application
• Leniency Notice
• leniency policy
• Leniency Program
• overleniency

 

Translations

quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case — see also clemency

Bulgarian: снизходителност (bg) f (snizhoditelnost) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: malsevereco Finnish: lievyys (fi) French: indulgence (fr) f, clémence (fr) f Georgian: შემწყალებლობა (šemc̣q̇alebloba) German: Milde (de) f, Nachsicht (de) f Greek: επιείκεια (el) f (epieíkeia) Italian: clemenza (it) f Korean: 너그러움 (ko) (neogeureoum) Latin: clēmentia f Polish: pobłażliwość (pl) f Portuguese: leniência (pt) f Romanian: blândețe (ro) f, toleranță (ro) f, indulgență (ro) f, îngăduință (ro) f Russian: снисходительность (ru) f (snisxoditelʹnostʹ), снисхожде́ние (ru) n (snisxoždénije) Slovak: zhovievavosť f, milosrdnosť f Spanish: clemencia (es) f (justice), indulgencia (es) f, lenidad f Swedish: mildhet (sv) c Ukrainian: побла́жливість f (poblážlyvistʹ), виба́чливість f (vybáčlyvistʹ) (rare)

References

1. “leniency, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.