Lenity and Wantonness
Opposite meaning words
Lenity
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
Wantonness is an antonym for lenity.
Wantonness
Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Lenity is an antonym for wantonness.
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Wantonness and Lenity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lenity/wantonness
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Wantonness or Lenity. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lenity/wantonness.
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