Hostility and Lenity

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Hostility noun - A deep-seated ill will.

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Lenity is an antonym for hostility.

Nearby Word: hostile

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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Hostility is an antonym for lenity.

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