lenity
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Lenity which "clears the guilty" is neither mercy, nor graciousness, nor compassion, nor forgiveness.
From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt
Lenity leads him to think the world is on his side no matter what he does; and so he asks himself why he should take the trouble to mend his ways.
From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt
And indeed it is to the Lenity of the King of Portugal that we owe by far the greater Part of this amazing Play.
From Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch by Dempster, George
Lenity and kind treatment are no safeguard; for it is malice and not reflection that arms such ruffians against their masters.
From The Letters of Pliny the Younger by Melmoth, William
Lenity confounds offender and offense in a wholesale and promiscuous amnesty.
From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt
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