Definition of Lenient

Lenient

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.

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Lenient Quotations

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.
Mark Hoppus

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

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
Abdurrahman Wahid

Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
Irving Ravetch

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Lenient Translations

lenient in Dutch is goedertieren, schappelijk, lankmoedig
lenient in French is indulgent
lenient in German is mild, nachsichtig
lenient in Italian is indulgente
lenient in Spanish is indulgente, sufrido

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