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Definition of Lenities
1. lenity [n] - See also: lenity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenities
Literary usage of Lenities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"... the most unskilful eye; whilst his lenities were of a kind which few have
sufficient taste or knowledge of the art to discern, far less to appreciate. ..."
2. The Communistic Societies of the United States: From Personal Visit and by Charles Nordhoff (1875)
"... when other brethren than their care-takers were present—such were the orders
we saw rigorously enforced, and the lenities we freely granted. ..."
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