permissiveness vs lenience
lenience vs permissivenesspermissiveness and lenience both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| permissiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
| lenience | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
lenience is a hyponym of
permissiveness; that is, lenience is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
permissiveness:
- permissiveness: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- lenience: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
Other hyponyms of permissiveness include
acceptance, sufferance, toleration, indulgence, leniency, overtolerance.
| permissiveness (noun) | lenience (noun) |
|---|---|
| a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers |
| mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | |
| a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone |
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