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Webster 1913 Edition

Leniency

{

Le′ni-ence

(lē′nĭ-ens or lēn′yens; 106)

,

Le′ni-en-cy

(lē′nĭ-en-sy̆ or lēn′yen-sy̆)

, }

Noun.

The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.