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Definitions: Lenience |
LenienceNoun1. Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant. 2. A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child". 3. Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: LenienceSynonyms: indulgence (n), leniency (n), lenity (n), mildness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lenity | Noun: lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation; tolerance, toleration; mildness, gentleness; favor, indulgence, indulgency; clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter; compassion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Lenience" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lenience" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "lenience"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpirtbutësi (charity, leniency), butësi (clemency, delicacy, ductility, flabbiness, geniality, gentleness, girlishness, languor, laxity, leniency, lenity, lightness, meekness, mercifulness, mildness, placability, tenderness, velvet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هوادة (clemency, forbearance, leniency), لين (clemency, ductile, elastic, flabbiness, flabby, flaccid, flaccidity, flexible, gentleness, lax, laxity, leniency, limp, limpness, loose, make flexible, make soft, make tender, malleable, manageable, mellow, mildness, moderate, plastic, plasticize, pliable, pliant, resilient, soft, soften, supple, temper, tender, yielding), تسامح (forbearance, forgave, indulgence, leniency, lenity, liberality, mildness, tolerance, toleration), تساهل (indulge, indulgence, lay off, leniency, let on, tolerate, toleration), سماحة (leniency), رفق (attach, forbearance, leniency, mildness), رحابة صدر (leniency, longanimity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | снизходителност (clemency, leniency, lenity, mercifulness), мекота (benignity, clemency, kindliness, leniency, mildness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | shovívavost (benevolence, charity, clemency, connivance, forgiveness, indulgence, leniency, mercy), mírnost (geniality, gentleness, leniency, lenity, placidity, softness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | indulgence (leniency), clémence (leniency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nachsicht (charities, clemency, forbearance, indulgence, leniency, mercy, patience, tolerance), milde (balminess, benevolence, blandness, clemency, gentleness, leniency, lightness, meekness, mellowness, mildly, mildness, softness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιείκεια (clemency, equity, fairness, indulgence, lenity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ"ת "רחמים (leniency, pity), י" רכ" (leniency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szelídség (leniency, meekness, mildness, tameness), elnézés (clemency, connivance, forbearance, grain of allowance, indulgence, leniency, oversight, sufferance, tolerance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indulgenza (clemency, endurance, indulgence, leniency, pardon, patience, softness), clemenza (clemency, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eniencelay tedioso (boring, drab, dull, pone, prolixity, tedious, tiresome, weariful, wearisome), suavidade (candor, candour, geniality, gentleness, honey, leniency, lightness, mellowness, mildness, opera, placable, pleasantness, softness, suavity, tenderness), clemência (clemency, indulgence, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy), calma (aplomb, calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, leniency, lull, phlegm, placidity, quiet, quietness, self possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity), brandura (gentleness, honey, leniency, lightness, meekness, mellowy, mildness, placability, softness). (various references) indulgenţã (indulgence, leniency, lenity, mercy, pardon), îngãduinţã (approval, leniency, lenity, mercy, non-interference, patience, tolerance). (various references) снисходительность (condescension, forgiveness, indulgence, leniency), терпимость (broad-mindedness, condonation, indulgence, latitude, leniency, liberality, reconcilability, tolerance, toleration), мягкость (clemency, gentleness, leniency, lenity, meekness, mellowness, mercifulness, mildness, softness). (various references) pitomost (leniency, lenity, tameness), blagost (clemency, gentleness, leniency, lenity, meekness, mellowness, mildness, permissiveness, placability, placidity, softness, sooth). (various references) lenitivo (leniency, lenient, lenitive), lenidad (leniency, lenity). (various references) mildhet (charity, clemency, geniality, gentleness, leniency, lenity, mildness, sweetness), fördragsamhet (forbearance, leniency, tolerance, toleration), eftergivenhet (compliance, compliancy, indulgence, leniency), överseende (charitable, charity, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, forgiving, indulgence, indulgent, leniency, lenient, liberal). (various references) ความเมตตาปรานี. (various references) yumuşaklık (ductility, geniality, gentleness, give, kid glove, leniency, limpness, malleability, mellowness, mildness, smoothness, softness, suppleness, sweetness), hoşgörü (allowance, clemency, complaisance, discretion, forbearance, indulgence, latitude, leniency, tolerance, toleration). (various references) терпимість (tolerance, toleration), поблажливість (condescension, forgiveness, indulgence, mildness). (various references) tính nhân hậu (large-heartedness, leniency), tính khoan dung (forgiveness, forgivingness, graciousness, leniency, lenity), tính hiền hậu (leniency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lenitate, lenitatis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lenience": leniences. (additional references) | |
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"Lenience" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leitende, Lentinue, Lenyenye. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-n-n" | |
-3 letters: cline, linen, niece. | |
-4 letters: ceil, cine, lice, lien, line, linn, nene, nice, nine. | |
-5 letters: cee, cel, eel, ice, inn, lee, lei, lie, lin, nee, nil. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: leniences. | |
+2 letters: centerline, inelegance, leniencies, negligence. | |
+3 letters: centerlines, inelegances, negligences, nonelective. | |
+4 letters: beneficently, encirclement, incalescence, inclemencies, intelligence, luminescence, nonelectives, nonselective. | |
+5 letters: anencephalies, cleanlinesses, delinquencies, encirclements, eugeosyncline, incalescences, inflorescence, influenceable, intelligencer, intelligences, interelectron, interlacement, lieutenancies, luminescences, reconcilement, selenocentric, tercentennial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 6E 69 65 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -. .. . -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e n i e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 006E 0069 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4671807571806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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