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Refraining vs Lenity - What's the difference?

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Refraining is a related term of lenity.


As nouns the difference between refraining and lenity

is that refraining is the act of one who refrains from doing something while lenity is leniency.

As a verb refraining

is .

refraining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who refrains from doing something.
  • * 2005 , Daniel J. Hill, Divinity and Maximal Greatness (page 220)
    • Their refrainings from evil are members of at least one active causal chain

    lenity

    English

    Noun

    (lenities)
  • leniency
  • mercy
  • forgiveness

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