Definition of lenient Lenient
/liˈniʌnt/ - [leeneeunt] - le•ni•ent
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What does lenient mean?
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Adjectivelenient, lenienter, lenientest |
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| lenient - not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty" | ||
| undemanding requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss" | ||
| lenient - characterized by tolerance and mercy | ||
| clement (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence" | ||
| lenient - tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" | ||
| indulgent, soft | ||
| permissive granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lenient (a.)
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. - lenient (a.)
Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence. - lenient (n.)
A lenitive; an emollient.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lenient
lē′ni-ent, adj. softening: mild: merciful.—n. (med.) that which softens: an emollient.—ns. Lē′nience, Lē′niency.—adv. Lē′niently.—v.t. Lē′nify (rare), to assuage.—adj. Len′itive, mitigating: laxative.—n. any palliative: (med.) an application for easing pain: a mild purgative.—n. Len′ity, mildness: clemency. [L. leniens, -entis, pr.p. of lenīre, to soften—lenis, soft.]
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