What does lenity mean?
Lenity means leniency, mercy, forgiveness.
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/ˈlɛnɪti/ · noun
leniency, mercy, forgiveness.
His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.
In the ſeveral Debates upon this Impeachment, it muſt be confeſſed that his Majeſty gave many marks Of his great Lenity, often urging the Services you had done him, and endeavouring to extenuate your Crimes.
If his judgment in this case was erroneous, be it remembered it was his own; nor let the narrator be accountable for an excess of lenity and good nature peculiarly characteristic of the man.
Use lenity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lenity means leniency, mercy, forgiveness.
Common synonyms include leniency, lenience, mildness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.
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