Bitterness and Lenity

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Bitterness noun - A deep-seated ill will.

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Lenity is an antonym for bitterness.

Nearby Words: bitter, bitterly, bittern, bitterish

Lenity noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.

Usage example: a social critic who argues that judicial lenity is chiefly to blame for the increased criminality that plagues us

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Bitterness is an antonym for lenity.

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