lenity

Synonyms

charity, clemency, forbearance, lenience, leniency, mercifulness, mercy, quarter;

Near Antonyms

hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, uncharitableness;

reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance;

venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol;

atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, violence, wantonness;

castigation, chastisement, discipline, punishment, scolding;

abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, hate, hatred, loathing;

Related Words

humanitarianism, philanthropy;

empathy, pity, sympathy, understanding;

commiseration, favor, grace;

benevolence, care, compassion, gentleness, goodness, goodwill, humaneness, kindliness, kindness, tenderness;

altruism, generosity, magnanimity, nobility;