Hardness and Lenity

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Hardness noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Lenity is an antonym for hardness.

Nearby Words: hard, harden

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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Hardness is an antonym for lenity.

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