Lenience and Retaliation

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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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Retaliation is an antonym for lenience.

Nearby Words: lenient, leniently, leniency

Retaliation noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.

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Lenience is an antonym for retaliation.

Nearby Words: retaliate, retaliatory, retaliated, retaliating

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