- lenience: mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- indulgence: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
- lenience: lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
- (lenient) indulgent: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
- (lenient) not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"
- (lenient) characterized by tolerance and mercy
- Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. ...
- The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case; An act of being lenient
- (lenient) lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict
- Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
- The tendency to perceive the job performance of ratees as especially good.
- An evaluation error in which an evaluator has a tendency to rate a person higher than that person should be rated.