Lenience and Rigidity

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

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Rigidity is an antonym for lenience.

Nearby Words: lenient, leniently, leniency

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

Usage example: sometimes the rigidity of the headmaster's discipline was deemed excessive by even much of the faculty

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Lenience is an antonym for rigidity.

Nearby Words: rigid, rigidly

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