N. lenity,
lenience,
leniency,
moderation,
tolerance,
toleration, mildness, gentleness, favor,
indulgence,
indulgency,
clemency, mercy,
forbearance, quarter,
compassion V. be -lenient,
tolerate, bear with, parcere subjectis, give quarter,
indulge, allow one to have his own way,
spoil Adj. lenient, mild, mild as milk, gentle, soft,
tolerant,
indulgent,
easy-going, clement,
forbearing,
long-suffering N. permission, leave, allowance,
sufferance,
tolerance,
toleration, liberty, law,
license,
concession, grace,
indulgence, favor,
dispensation,
exemption, release,
connivance,
vouchsafement,
authorization,
warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant,
brevet,
precept, sanction, authority,
firman, hukm, pass,
passport,
furlough,
license,
carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent
V. permit, give permission, give power, let, allow, admit, suffer, bear with,
tolerate, recognize,
concede,
accord,
vouchsafe, favor,
humor,
gratify,
indulge, stretch a point, wink at, connive at, shut one's eyes to, grant,
empower, charter,
enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege,
license,
authorize, warrant, sanction, intrust, give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to, leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open, open the door to, open the flood gates, give a loose to, let off,
absolve, release,
exonerate, dispense with, ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave
Adj. permitting,
permissive,
indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered,
permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal,
legalized,
licit,
unforbid, unforbidden,
unconditional Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of,
pace,
ad libitum, (at will) 600, by all means,
yes Phr. avec permissin, brevet d'invention
N. benevolence, christian charity, god's love, god's grace, good will,
philanthropy, unselfishness, good nature, good feeling, good wishes, kindness,
kindliness,
loving-kindness,
benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow- feeling, sympathy: goodness of heart, warmth of heart,
bonhomie, kind- heartedness,
amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness, love, friendship,
toleration, consideration,
generosity, mercy,
charitableness,
bounty,
almsgiving, good works,
beneficence, "the luxury of doing good", acts of kindness, a good turn, good offices, kind offices good treatment, kind treatment, good samaritan,
sympathizer, bon enfant,
altruist V. be benevolent, have one's heart in the right place, bear good will, wish well, wish godspeed, view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor, take in good part, take an interest in, feel an interest in, be interested in, feel interested in, sympathize with, empathize with, feel for,
fraternize, enter into the feelings of others, do as you would be done by, meet halfway, treat well, give comfort, smooth the bed of death, do good, do a good turn, benefit, render a service, be of use, aid
Adj. benevolent, kind, kindly,
well-meaning,
amiable,
obliging,
accommodating,
indulgent,
gracious,
complacent,
good-humored,
warm-hearted,
kind-hearted,
tender-hearted,
large-hearted, broad- hearted,
merciful,
charitable,
beneficent,
humane,
benignant,
bounteous,
bountiful,
good-natured,
well-natured,
spleenless,
sympathizing,
sympathetic,
complaisant, well-meant,
well-intentioned, fatherly, motherly, brotherly, sisterly,
paternal,
maternal,
fraternal,
sororal, friendly
Adv. with a good intention, with the best intentions
Int. godspeed, much good may it do, phr, "act a charity sometimes", "a tender heart, a will inflexible", de mortuis nil nisi bonum, "kind words are more than coronets", quando amigo pide no hay manana, "the social smile, the sympathetic tear"
