lenitude
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lenitude (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity.
- 1650, R. Winterton, The Considerations of Drexelius Upon Eternity:
- Saint Augustine, correcting in himself ſuch lingring and dangerous delay, ſuch lenitude and backwardneſſe of mind and will to repent […]
References
[edit]- “lenitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.