enmilden

/ɛnˈmaɪldə̆n/

Etymology

From en- + milden.

enmilden means render lenient or less severe. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

Render lenient or less severe.“1603, Michel de Montaigne [aut.] and John Florio [tr.], The Essayes; or, Morall, Politike, and Millitarie Discourses of Lord Michaell de Montaigne (1st ed.), book III, chapter xii: “Of Phisiognomy” Ut magis peccari nolim, quam satis animi ad vindicanda peccata habeam: ‘So as I had rather men should not offend, then that I should have courage enough to punish their offences.’ Some report that Arist”