"leniency" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leniency.wav Forms: leniencies [plural]
Etymology: From lenient + -ency. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lenient|ency}} lenient + -ency Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency): снизходителност (snizhoditelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 寬大 (Chinese Mandarin), 宽大 (kuāndà) (Chinese Mandarin), 仁慈 (réncí) (Chinese Mandarin), malsevereco (Esperanto), lievyys (Finnish), indulgence [feminine] (French), clémence [feminine] (French), შემწყალებლობა (šemc̣q̇alebloba) (Georgian), Milde [feminine] (German), Nachsicht [feminine] (German), επιείκεια (epieíkeia) [feminine] (Greek), clemenza [feminine] (Italian), 너그러움 (neogeureoum) (Korean), clēmentia [feminine] (Latin), pobłażliwość [feminine] (Polish), leniência [feminine] (Portuguese), blândețe [feminine] (Romanian), toleranță [feminine] (Romanian), indulgență [feminine] (Romanian), îngăduință [feminine] (Romanian), снисходительность (snisxoditelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), снисхожде́ние (snisxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), zhovievavosť [feminine] (Slovak), milosrdnosť [feminine] (Slovak), clemencia (english: justice) [feminine] (Spanish), indulgencia [feminine] (Spanish), lenidad [feminine] (Spanish), mildhet [common-gender] (Swedish), побла́жливість (poblážlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), виба́чливість (vybáčlyvistʹ) [feminine, rare] (Ukrainian)
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  2. An act of being lenient. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of being lenient): 寬容行為 (Chinese Mandarin), 宽容行为 (kuānróng xíngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), lempeys (Finnish), indulgence [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-leniency-en-noun-4zbvfNn4 Disambiguation of 'act of being lenient': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lenience Derived forms: leniency applicant, leniency application, Leniency Notice, leniency policy, Leniency Program, overleniency

Inflected forms

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      "word": "снизходителност"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "寬大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuāndà",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "宽大"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "réncí",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "仁慈"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "malsevereco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "lievyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indulgence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clémence"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemc̣q̇alebloba",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "შემწყალებლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Milde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachsicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epieíkeia",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επιείκεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clemenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neogeureoum",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "word": "너그러움"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clēmentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pobłażliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leniência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blândețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toleranță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indulgență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "îngăduință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snisxoditelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "снисходительность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snisxoždénije",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "снисхожде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zhovievavosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milosrdnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "justice",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clemencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indulgencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mildhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poblážlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "побла́жливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vybáčlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of mercy or forgiveness — see also clemency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "виба́чливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of being lenient",
      "word": "寬容行為"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuānróng xíngwéi",
      "sense": "act of being lenient",
      "word": "宽容行为"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of being lenient",
      "word": "lempeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of being lenient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indulgence"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leniency"
}

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