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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ty̆)

Noun.

[L.

lenitas

, fr.

lenis

soft, mild: cf. OF.

lenité

. See

The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; – opposed to

severity

and

rigor

Syn. – Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness; humanity; clemency; mercy.

Noun.

[L. lenitas, from lenis, mild, soft.]

Mildness of temper; softness; tenderness; mercy. Young offenders may be treated with lenity. It is opposed to severity and rigor.

lenity ‎(plural lenities)