1. lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity -- (mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant)
2. indulgence, lenience, leniency -- (a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child")
3. lenience, leniency -- (lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers)
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Yet he had a reputation for kindness and charity on the country-side, and was noted for the leniency of his sentences from the bench. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle