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1. (adj.) lenient
agreeably tolerant; not strict or severe; indulgent:
to be lenient toward the children.
2. lenient
Archaic.soothing.
Etymology: (1645–55; < L lēnient-, s. of lēniēns, prp. of lēnīre to soften, alleviate. See lenis , -ent)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) indulgent, lenient, soft
tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
2. (adj) lenient
not strict
"an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"
3. (adj) lenient
characterized by tolerance and mercy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) lenient
relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of
2. (adj) lenient
mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence
3. (noun) lenient
a lenitive; an emollient
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Sense: merciful or punishing only lightly
You are much too lenient with wrongdoers.
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 Afrikaans: toegeeflik |
 Arabic: مُتَساهِل، مُتَعاطِف |
 Bulgarian: снизходителен |
 Brazilian: benévolo |
 Czech: shovívavý |
 German: nachsichtig |
 Danish: mild |
 Greek: επιεικής |
 Spanish: clemente, indulgente |
 Estonian: leebe |
 Farsi: بملایمت و گذشت |
 Finnish: armollinen |
 French: indulgent |
 Hebrew: רַחֲמָנִי |
 Hindi: नरम |
 Croatian: milostiv, popustljiv |
 Hungarian: elnéző |
 Indonesian: pengampun, lunak |
 Icelandic: miskunnsamur, mildur |
 Italian: indulgente |
 Japanese: 寛大な |
 Korean: 관대한 |
 Lithuanian: atlaidus, negriežtas |
 Latvian: iecietīgs |
 Malay: bersikap lembut |
 Dutch: mild |
 Norwegian: mild, lemfeldig, ettergiv |
 Polish: wyrozumiały |
 Persian: بملایمت و گذشت |
 Pashto: په نرمى او ملايمت |
 Portuguese: benévolo |
 Romanian: indulgent,îngăduitor |
 Russian: снисходительный |
 Slovak: zhovievavý |
 Slovenian: prizanesljiv |
 Serbian: popustljiv |
 Swedish: mild,överseende, eftergiv |
 Thai: ปรานี |
 Turkish: hoşgörülü |
 Taiwanese: 寬厚的 |
 Ukrainian: поблажливий; терпимий |
 Urdu: مہربان |
 Vietnamese: khoan dung |
 Chinese: 宽厚的 |
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