Lenity and Malignancy

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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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Malignancy is an antonym for lenity.

Malignancy noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Lenity is an antonym for malignancy.

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Malignancy and Lenity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lenity/malignancy

Lenity & Malignancy. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lenity/malignancy>.

Malignancy or Lenity. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lenity/malignancy.

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