Lenity and Unkindness

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

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Unkindness is an antonym for lenity in topics: grace, tolerance.

Unkindness noun - Lack of sympathy.

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Lenity is an antonym for unkindness.

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

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

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