(n.) The quality being lenient; forbearance; clemency\.

abatement acceptance accommodatingness agreeableness allayment alleviation assuagement attentiveness benevolence blunting calming carelessness charitableness charity clemency commiseration compassion complaisance concern condolence condonation considerateness consideration damping deadening delicacy demulsion diminution downiness dulcification dulling easiness easing easygoingness endurance falling-off favor featheriness feeling flossiness fluffiness forbearance forbearing forbearingness forgiveness fortitude generousness gentleness grace heedfulness helpfulness humanity hushing impotence imprecision indifference indulgence insolidity kindness laxity laxness lenience lenity lessening letdown letup lightening long-sufferance long-suffering longanimity looseness loosening lulling magnanimity mellowness mercifulness mercy mindfulness mitigation modulation mollification morbidezza negligence nonresistiveness nonrigidity obligingness overindulgence overpermissiveness pacification palliation pardon pathos patience patience of Job patientness permissiveness perseverance pity plushiness pulpiness quarter quietening quieting reduction regard regardfulness relaxation relaxedness relief remission remissness reprieve ruth satininess self-control self-pity silkiness slackening slackness sloppiness softening softness solicitousness solicitude soothing sponginess stoicism subduement sufferance sweet reasonableness sympathy tact tactfulness tempering tenderness thought thoughtfulness tolerance toleration tranquilization unrestraint unsolidity velvetiness waiting game waiting it out weakness