Definition of Lenities
1. Noun. (plural of lenity) ¹
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Definition of Lenities
1. lenity [n] - See also: lenity
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Literary usage of Lenities
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1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"... the most unskilful eye; whilst his lenities were of a kind which few have
sufficient taste or knowledge of the art to discern, far less to appreciate. ..."
2. The Communistic Societies of the United States: From Personal Visit and by Charles Nordhoff (1875)
"... when other brethren than their care-takers were present—such were the orders
we saw rigorously enforced, and the lenities we freely granted. ..."


