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lenient
[ lee-nee-uhnt, leen-yuhnt ]
adjective
- agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- Archaic. softening, soothing, or alleviative.
lenient
/ ˈliːnɪənt /
adjective
- showing or characterized by mercy or tolerance
- archaic.caressing or soothing
Derived Forms
- ˈleniency, noun
- ˈleniently, adverb
Other Words From
- leni·ent·ly adverb
- super·leni·ent adjective
- super·leni·ent·ly adverb
- un·leni·ent adjective
- un·leni·ent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lenient1
Example Sentences
The Jewish Week reported that sources said Hynes was expected to dispose of the case with a lenient plea deal.
Caminero just sounds like a jerk, and his charge of criminal mischief almost too lenient.
The New York Times and The Guardian asked President Obama to be lenient on the leaker in two editorials Thursday.
In other words, Berlusconi's trivialization of the Shoah and his lenient views regarding Mussolini are not uncommon.
Pushing more lenient sentencing polices was not going to be the White House's priority straight out of the gate.
Usually the teacher was very lenient with Mother Wit, for of all her pupils Laura gave her the least trouble.
Val once said he had been more sinned against than sinning: it may be deemed that in that opinion he was too lenient to himself.
A moiling, toiling man, who shows no mercy to himself, is only lenient to others by excess of reason.
The society into which he went was disposed to be exceedingly lenient to fashionable excesses.
Though he has the reputation of being severe, he is far more lenient with other people's children than his own.
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