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Tolerant treatment
Answer for the clue "Tolerant treatment ", 8 letters:
lenience
Alternative clues for the word lenience
- Mercy
- Old Bolshevik pressing Eastern church to show mercy
- Revolutionary embraces English church, showing forbearance
- Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- Prisoner's desire
- Tendency to let things slide
- Sentencing judge's prerogative
- A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
Word definitions for lenience in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lenience \Le"ni*ence\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ens or l[=e]n"yens; 106), Leniency \Le"ni*en*cy\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*en*s[y^] or l[=e]n"yen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment. 2 (context countable English) A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency.
Usage examples of lenience.
Westminster Henry complained before the bishops of the lenience and venality of the ecclesiastical courts, and of the character of the judges.
With the first of March set as the term to papal lenience, he could not wait for weather.
Quelling any inclination toward lenience, Ranulf forced himself to move.
If she was willing to admit her defeat, then he was prepared to show her lenience, even though it was not wholly deserved.
Indeed, I am inclined to show you lenience and devise a penance you will enjoy.
Even if his legitimate son had been shown lenience by King Henry, his heir status would have been stripped--and The Lion would make a very fine earl.