lenitude
English 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.