lenient

4 definitions found

lenient - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lenient \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.]
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     1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes
        followed by of. "Lenient of grief." --Milton.
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              O?? relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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              Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a
        lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
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  Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.)
     A lenitive; an emollient.
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lenient - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lenient
      adj 1: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling
             their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are
             soft on crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]
      2: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient
         rules"; "an easy penalty"
      3: characterized by tolerance and mercy

lenient - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "lenient":
     Spartan, 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, long-suffering, longanimous, 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, stoic, suffering, sympathetic,
     sympathizing, tactful, tender, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tolerant,
     tolerating, tolerative, understanding, unprohibitive, unrestrained,
     warmhearted, weak