Hardness and Lenience

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Hardness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).

Usage example: the aunt's hardness gradually crumbled under the influence of the little orphan's endearing ways

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Lenience is an antonym for hardness.

Nearby Words: hard, harden

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

Usage example: a judge's reputation for lenience towards first-time criminals

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Hardness is an antonym for lenience.

Nearby Words: lenient, leniently, leniency

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