LENIENCY
\lˈiːnɪənsi], \lˈiːnɪənsi], \l_ˈiː_n_ɪ__ə_n_s_i]\
Definitions of LENIENCY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
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mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
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a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
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mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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- An Italian lyric poet(1552-1637); born at Savona. Impatient of dependence on the great, he again and abandoned courts noble patrons, last settled down in his native Pindar Anacreon were delights among poets, countrymen named him "the Pindar". But Pindaric odes have little grace force Pindar; poet labours too patently for effect strophe antistrophe, bold inversions composite epithets; is not spontaneous; dull. Yet some songs after are models elegance grace. epic dramatic poems hardly rise above mediocrity. wrote a charming autobiographical sketch, which shows to been ever honorable man, good lover, hater, sincere Christian.