Leniency

Definitions: Leniency

Leniency

Noun

1. 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.

Date "leniency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Leniency

Synonyms: indulgence (n), lenience (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.
Pity	Noun: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency; (lenity); charity, ruth, long-suffering.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Leniency

English words defined with "leniency": clemency ♦ mercifulness, mercy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "leniency": Chambre Ardente ♦ Demand ♦ leniency clause ♦ Pebbles. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The difference is that all men go eventually, but I go six o'clock tomorrow morning. I was supposed to go at five o'clock, but I have a smart lawyer. Got leniency! (Love and Death; writing credit: Woody Allen)
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Domain	Title
Books	Fighting Hard Core Cartels: Harm, Effective Sanctions and Leniency Programmes (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Turkmenistan	Atakov has been in prison since 1999 for allegedly making an illegal transfer of automobiles in 1994. His original sentence of 2 years was extended to 4 years when the prosecutor protested the leniency of the original sentence. (references)
Economic History	Thailand	Obstacles to effective IPR enforcement are numerous . Resource limitations, especially in the wake of the financial crisis, hamstring police capabilities and judicial administration alike . Although conviction rates are very high, corruption and a cultural climate of leniency can complicate some phases of case administration . Irregularities in police and public prosecutor procedures occasionally have resulted in the substitution of insignificant defendants for major ones and the disappearance of vital evidence . The frequency of raids compromised by leaks from police sources has declined, but remains a concern . Pirates, including those associated with transnational crime syndicates, have responded to stepped-up levels of enforcement with intimidation against rights-holders' representatives. (references)
Human Rights	Oman	The Sultan has exercised his powers of extending leniency, including in political cases. (references)
Political Economy	THAILAND	Corruption and a cultural climate of leniency can complicate many phases of the legal process. (references)
Travel	Saudi Arabia	The U.S. Embassy and Consulates General have no standing in Saudi courts to obtain leniency for an American convicted of alcohol or drug offenses. (references)
Women	Yemen	The Penal Code allows for leniency for persons guilty of committing a "crime against honor," a euphemism for violent assaults or killings committed against a female for her perceived immodest or defiant behavior. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Leniency" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Leniency" is used about 92 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%	92	34,282

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "leniency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpirtbutësi (charity, lenience), butësi (clemency, delicacy, ductility, flabbiness, geniality, gentleness, girlishness, languor, laxity, lenience, lenity, lightness, meekness, mercifulness, mildness, placability, tenderness, velvet). (various references)

Arabic		‏هوادة (clemency, forbearance, lenience), ‏لين (clemency, ductile, elastic, flabbiness, flabby, flaccid, flaccidity, flexible, gentleness, lax, laxity, lenience, 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, lenience, lenity, liberality, mildness, tolerance, toleration), ‏تساهل (indulge, indulgence, lay off, lenience, let on, tolerate, toleration), ‏سماحة (lenience), ‏رفق (attach, forbearance, lenience, mildness), ‏رحابة صدر (lenience, longanimity). (various references)

Bulgarian		снизходителност (clemency, lenience, lenity, mercifulness), мекота (benignity, clemency, kindliness, lenience, mildness). (various references)

Chinese		宽大 (lenient). (various references)

Czech		shovívavost (benevolence, charity, clemency, connivance, forgiveness, indulgence, lenience, mercy), mírnost (geniality, gentleness, lenience, lenity, placidity, softness). (various references)

Dutch		zachtaardigheid (balminess, gentleness, meekness, mildness, sweetness). (various references)

Esperanto		mildeco (balminess, gentleness, meekness, mildness). (various references)

Farsi		ملایمت (Amenity, Calmness, Equanimity, Suavity, Warmth), نرمی (Amenity, Gloss, Pash, Plasticity, Suavity, Unction), اسان گیری , ارفاق . (various references)

Finnish		lievyys (lightness, slightness), lempeys (mildness). (various references)

French		indulgence (lenience). (various references)

German		nachsicht (charities, clemency, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, mercy, patience, tolerance). (various references)

Hebrew		מקל � ועם (joy stick), מ�"ת �"רחמים (lenience, pity), י�" רכ�" (lenience), ותר� ות (giving way, indulgence, meekness), רתי� ות (clemency, forgiveness), רתוי (gentle, indulgent, lenient, mild, mildness, resignation, withdrawal), סלח� ות (forgiveness, mercy), סולח� ות (clemency, forgiveness, indulgence). (various references)

Hungarian		szelídség (lenience, meekness, mildness, tameness), elnézés (clemency, connivance, forbearance, grain of allowance, indulgence, lenience, oversight, sufferance, tolerance). (various references)

Italian		mitezza (blandness, gentleness, mildness, softness), clemenza (clemency, lenience, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, mildness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		寛大 (liberality, tolerance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		か�"� い (Kansai University, liberality, tolerance). (various references)

Korean		관용 (Allowance). (various references)

Manx		trochoilys, trocairys (affection, clemency). (various references)

Pig Latin		eniencylay

Portuguese		suavidade (candor, candour, geniality, gentleness, honey, lenience, lightness, mellowness, mildness, opera, placable, pleasantness, softness, suavity, tenderness), indulgência (forbearance, forgiving, goodwill, indulgence, lenient, lens, let off, mildness, tolerance), clemência (clemency, indulgence, lenience, lenity, mercifulness, mercy), calma (aplomb, calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, lenience, lull, phlegm, placidity, quiet, quietness, self possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity), brandura (gentleness, honey, lenience, lightness, meekness, mellowy, mildness, placability, softness). (various references)

Romanian		indulgenţã (indulgence, lenience, lenity, mercy, pardon), îngãduinţã (approval, lenience, lenity, mercy, non-interference, patience, tolerance). (various references)

Russian		снисходительность (condescension, forgiveness, indulgence, lenience), терпимость (broad-mindedness, condonation, indulgence, latitude, lenience, liberality, reconcilability, tolerance, toleration), мягкость (clemency, gentleness, lenience, lenity, meekness, mellowness, mercifulness, mildness, softness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pitomost (lenience, lenity, tameness), blagost (clemency, gentleness, lenience, lenity, meekness, mellowness, mildness, permissiveness, placability, placidity, softness, sooth). (various references)

Spanish		lenitivo (lenience, lenient, lenitive), lenidad (lenience, lenity). (various references)

Swedish		mildhet (charity, clemency, geniality, gentleness, lenience, lenity, mildness, sweetness), överseende (charitable, charity, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, forgiving, indulgence, indulgent, lenience, lenient, liberal). (various references)

Turkish		yumuşaklık (ductility, geniality, gentleness, give, kid glove, lenience, limpness, malleability, mellowness, mildness, smoothness, softness, suppleness, sweetness), hoşgörü (allowance, clemency, complaisance, discretion, forbearance, indulgence, latitude, lenience, tolerance, toleration). (various references)

Ukranian		м'якість (amenity, canniness, clemency, geniality, gentleness, mildness, soft, softness), лагідність (gentleness, meekness, mildness), покірність (acquiescence, humility, lowliness, meekness, non-resistance, obedience, passivity, prostration, resignation, submission). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính nhân hậu (large-heartedness, lenience), tính khoan dung (forgiveness, forgivingness, graciousness, lenience, lenity), tính hiền hậu (lenience). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	indulgentiam. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Leniency" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lenienty, Lenyenye. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "leniency" (pronounced lē"nyunsē)
6	-n y u n s ē	poignancy.
5	-y u n s ē	resiliency.
4	-u n s ē	absorbency, accountancy, agency, ascendancy, ascendency, buoyancy, clemency, cogency, competency, complacency, Conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, consultancy, contingency, counterinsurgency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, discrepancy, dormancy, efficiency, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, immunodeficiency, incompetency, inconsistency, inconstancy, incumbency, indecency, inefficiency, infancy, infrequency, insolvency, insurgency, interagency, irrelevancy, latency, malignancy, militancy, nonemergency, occupancy, potency, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, redundancy, regency, relevancy, residency, solvency, stridency, stringency, sufficiency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, truancy, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy, vibrancy.
3	-n s ē	bouncy, chancy, deviancy, fancy, fiancee, mincy, Nancy, necromancy, teensy.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-n-n-y"
	-2 letters: lineny, nicely, yeelin.
	-3 letters: cline, linen, liney, lycee, niece, yince.
	-4 letters: ceil, cine, eely, eyen, eyne, inly, lice, lien, line, linn, liny, nene, nice, nine.
	-5 letters: cee, cel, eel, eye, ice, icy, inn, lee, lei, ley, lie, lin, lye, nee, nil, yen, yin.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-n-n-y"
	+2 letters: inclemency, indecently.
	+3 letters: decennially, delinquency, geosyncline, inclemently, insincerely, lieutenancy.
	+4 letters: beneficently, centennially, connectively, conveniently, geosynclines, incoherently, noncelebrity.
	+5 letters: clandestinely, eugeosyncline, incompetently, incrementally, inefficiently, phencyclidine, reminiscently, unnecessarily.
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