lēnitās ātis, f lenis, softness, smoothness, gentleness, mildness: Arar in Rhodanum influit incredibili lenitate, Cs.: vocis.

—Fig., mildness, gentleness, tenderness, lenity: inepta patris, T.: dare se ad lenitatem: legum.

—Of style: elaborant alii in lenitate: genus orationis cum lenitate quādam aequabili profluens.