lenience
The teacher showed lenience by giving the student an extra day to finish the project.
Noun: 1. The quality of being merciful, tolerant, or forgiving: Lenience refers to the act or practice of not being severe in judgment, punishment, or treatment. It implies a willingness to forgive or to be less strict than expected. 2. A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; excessive indulgence: Lenience can also describe a tendency to be overly permissive or to allow more freedom or tolerance than is perhaps wise.
Lenience is used to describe a merciful or tolerant attitude, often in contexts involving authority figures (like judges, parents, or teachers) who choose to impose a lighter penalty or show forgiveness. It can have a positive connotation of compassion or a negative connotation of excessive permissiveness.
- The judge showed lenience to the first-time offender, giving him community service instead of jail time.
- Some critics argue that the school's lenience regarding deadlines is harming students' time management skills.
- Her lenience with her children's screen time was a source of disagreement with her partner.
- "To show/exercise lenience": This is the most common collocation, meaning to demonstrate a forgiving or tolerant attitude.
- The principal decided to show lenience given the student's sincere apology.
- "An act of lenience": Refers to a specific instance of being lenient.
- Reducing the fine was an act of lenience from the court.
- Leniency (n): This is a direct synonym and is used interchangeably with "lenience." There is no difference in meaning.
- He pleaded for leniency from the judge.
- Lenient (adj): The adjective form, meaning merciful, tolerant, or not strict.
- The teacher has a lenient grading policy.
- Leniently (adv): The adverb form.
- The rule was applied leniently in this case.
- Mercy: Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish.
- Clemency: Official mercy, especially in the reduction of a punishment.
- Indulgence: The action or fact of being overly tolerant or generous.
- Forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.
- Severity: The quality of being strict or harsh.
- Strictness: The quality of demanding exact rules and obedience.
- Rigidity: Inability to be changed or adapted; inflexibility.
- Harshness: The quality of being cruel or severe.
- "A plea for lenience/leniency": A formal request for merciful treatment, often made in a legal context.
- The lawyer entered a plea for leniency on behalf of his client.
- "With lenience": Describes an action done in a forgiving manner.
- The matter was handled with lenience.
The teacher showed lenience by giving the student an extra day to finish the project.
- lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant