About The Word Lenient

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Lenient

Lenient Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Lenient?
[adj] characterized by tolerance and mercy
[adj] not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules" [adj] tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lenient: clement | easy | indulgent | lax | permissive | soft | undemanding Related Terms | Find terms related to Lenient: accepting | accommodating | accommodative | admissive | agreeable | allowing | armed with patience | attentive | balmy | bland | bleeding | careless | charitable | clement | commiserative | compassionate | complaisant | condolent | consenting | considerate | delicate | disciplined | easy | easygoing | endurant | enduring | faint | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | generous | gentle | heedful | helpful | human | humane | impotent | imprecise | indifferent | indulgent | kind | kindly | lax | longanimous | long-suffering | loose | magnanimous | melting | merciful | mild | mindful | mindful of others | moderate | negligent | nonprohibitive | obliging | overindulgent | overpermissive | patient | patient as Job | permissive | permitting | persevering | philosophical | pitying | regardful | relaxed | remiss | ruthful | self-controlled | slack | slipshod | sloppy | smooth | soft | softhearted | solicitous | sparing | Spartan | stoic | suffering | sympathetic | sympathizing | tactful | tender | tenderhearted | thoughtful | tolerant | tolerating | tolerative | understanding | unprohibitive | unrestrained | warmhearted | weak See Also | Lenient In Webster's Dictionary \Le"ni*ent\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n"yent), a. [L.
leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft,
mild. Cf. {Lithe}.]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes
followed by of. ``Lenient of grief.'' --Milton.
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\Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient. |
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