Discipline and Lenity
Opposite meaning words
Discipline
Discipline noun - A region of activity, knowledge, or influence.
Lenity is an antonym for discipline.
Lenity
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
Discipline is an antonym for lenity.
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