Vocabulary
Leniency
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency.
Urdu meaning
نرمی، تحمل روادی،رحم دل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- The courts should not show leniency in crimes against minors.
- Competition authorities have, therefore, introduced leniency regimes.
- Those opposed to it said it showed too much leniency to Iran and asserted that while it could delay things, it would not prevent Tehran from making a bomb in the future.
- Seeing this imbalance, an officer may exhibit leniency.
- How would one react to instructions issued by ministers and other officials to omit a part of the curriculum from the purview of the paper or show leniency in marking?
Synonyms
mercifulness, forbearance, mercy,forgiveness; clemency, lenity, tolerance
Antonyms
strictness, severity
Curator example
“the court could show leniency”
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
