lenity
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Lenity leads him to think the world is on his side no matter what he does; and so he asks himself why he should take the trouble to mend his ways.
From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt
Lenity and kind treatment are no safeguard; for it is malice and not reflection that arms such ruffians against their masters.
From The Letters of Pliny the Younger by Melmoth, William
And indeed it is to the Lenity of the King of Portugal that we owe by far the greater Part of this amazing Play.
From Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch by Dempster, George
Lenity to others leads us to be lenient toward ourselves; and we commit wrong in expectation of that lenient treatment which we are in the habit of according to others.
From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt
Lenity to this man would have been a high crime against Congress, the army, and the country, which could not have been justified.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry
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