leniently

Meanings

• adjective

  Showing or allowing the existence of faults or mistakes without imposing penalties; not harsh, strict, or exacting.

• adjective

  Granting indulgence; sparing or mild.

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Rhymes

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dreamily , seemingly , greenly , keenly , leanly

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Variants

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lenient , leniently

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Etymology

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From Old French lenir 'to mitigate, appease' or Latin lenire 'to soften, appease'

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Trivia

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1. Leniently is a 7-letter word.

2. Leniently is sometimes used in the context of weather, describing conditions that are not harsh or extreme.

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Related Concepts

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1. compassion: The feeling of deep sympathy and concern for another who is suffering

2. forgiveness: The act of pardoning someone for an offense or mistake

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Quotes

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1. But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very "lenient" to my master: I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out.

   - Charlotte Brontë,{it}Jane Eyre{/it},1847

2. He could trust himself, he said … to be more "lenient" than perhaps his father had been to himself; his danger, he said … would be rather in the direction of being too indulgent …

   - Samuel Butler,{it}The Way of All Flesh{/it},1903

3. By giving one more person—the executive—the power to reduce (but not to increase) punishments, our constitutions (both Federal and state) seem to be sending an important message: that in a world in which errors are inevitable, it is better to err on the side of overly "lenient", rather than overly harsh, punishment.

   - Alan M. Dershowitz,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},16 July 1989

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Culture

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Leniently is often used in the context of legal or disciplinary situations, where showing leniency towards someone can be seen as a sign of compassion or understanding. In literature, leniently is used to describe characters or situations that are forgiving or understanding.

How to Memorize "leniently"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a judge showing leniency towards a defendant in a courtroom. Imagine the judge smiling and granting a lighter sentence.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word leniently with the concept of forgiveness or understanding.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Leniency is like forgiveness, sparing the rod and showing love' to remember the meaning of leniently.

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