lenient

Speech parts

1. lenient - Noun

2. lenient - Adjective

3. lenient - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.

A lenitive; an emollient.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soft lax permissive indulgent clement beneficent liberal libertarian humane kind understanding easy weak piano patient

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Antonyms

severe strict savage stern remorseless hard

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Phrases with the word

be lenient to becoming lenient overly lenient become lenient

Examples

After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable. John Paul Stevens

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss. Donald E. Westlake

Some of the people on death row today might not be there if the courts had not been so lenient on them when they were first offenders. Thomas Sowell

In no way was Hitler the tool of big business. He was its lenient master. So was Mussolini except that he was weaker. Norman Thomas

Be not lenient to your own faults. American Proverb

Be not lenient to your own faults. Albanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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