Lenity and Malignity

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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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Malignity is an antonym for lenity.

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

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Lenity is an antonym for malignity.

Nearby Words: malign, malignancy, malignly

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