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101lenient — 01. I think his parents are too [lenient]! He gets into all kinds of trouble, and they never do anything about it. 02. The suspect s lawyer asked the judge for [leniency] in sentencing because it was his first offence. 03. I don t think it is… …
102lenient — le|ni|ent [ˈli:niənt] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of lenire to soften ] not strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect ▪ the lenient sentences handed down by some judges ▪ School examiners… …
103mercy — mercy, charity, grace, clemency, lenity are comparable when meaning the disposition to show compassion or kindness in one s treatment of others, especially of those who offend one and who are in one s power to punish or rebuke. Mercy implies… …
104excuse — v 1. forgive, absolve, shrive, remit; forbear, spare, judge with leniency; pardon, amnesty, reprieve, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate; acquit, clear, prove innocent, uphold innocence, remove guilt; condone, make allowances for, overlook, pass… …
105clemency — clem•en•cy [[t]ˈklɛm ən si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) the disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy 2) an act or deed of mercy or leniency 3) (of the weather) mildness • Etymology: 1375–1425;… …
106clemency — noun 1. good weather with comfortable temperatures • Syn: ↑mildness • Derivationally related forms: ↑clement, ↑mild (for: ↑mildness) • Hypernyms: ↑good w …
107mildness — noun 1. good weather with comfortable temperatures • Syn: ↑clemency • Derivationally related forms: ↑clement (for: ↑clemency), ↑mild • Hypernyms: ↑good w …
108len|ience — «LEEN yuhns, LEE nee uhns», noun. = leniency. (Cf. ↑leniency) …
109EPSTEIN, JEHIEL MICHAL BEN AARON ISAAC HA-LEVI — (1829–1908), rabbi and halakhic authority. Epstein was born in Bobruisk, Belorussia. He studied in Volozhin under R. Isaac of Volozhin from 1842. At first unwilling to enter the rabbinate, he was persuaded to do so by the rabbi of his native town …
110NATHANSON, JOSEPH SAUL — (1810–1875), posek. Nathanson was born in Berezhany, the son of Aryeh Leibush Nathanson of Brody, a wealthy businessman who was also a profound talmudist. In 1825 he married Sarah Idel, the daughter of Isaac Aaron Ettinger, who was also a great… …
