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LENIENT
lenient
(adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy
lenient
(adjective) not strict; “an easy teacher”; “easy standards”; “lenient rules”; “an easy penalty”
indulgent, lenient, soft
(adjective) tolerant or lenient; “indulgent parents risk spoiling their children”; “too soft on the children”; “they are soft on crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
Synonyms
• lax, permissive
Antonyms
• strict
• severe
• stringent
• unlenient
Noun
lenient (plural lenients)
(medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
Source: Wiktionary
Le"ni*ent, a. Etym: [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- some "Lenient of grief." Milton. Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. Arbuthnot. Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. Pope.
2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Le"ni*ent, n. (Med.)
Definition: A lenitive; an emollient.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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