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lenity

Lenity (noun) means leniency, mercy, forgiveness.

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leniency, mercy, forgiveness
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lénité, from Latin lēnitās (whence -ity), from lēnis (“soft”).

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"lenity" (noun) means leniency, mercy, forgiveness.

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