Adjective
/ˈlēnēənt/,/ˈlēnyənt/,
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(of punishment or a person in authority) Permissive, merciful, or tolerant,
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(of punishment or a person in authority) Permissive, merciful, or tolerant
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judges were far too lenient with petty criminals
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Emollient
Web Definitions:
- indulgent: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
- not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"
- characterized by tolerance and mercy
- (leniently) laxly: in a permissively lenient manner; "he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime"
- (leniency) lenience: mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- (leniency) indulgence: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
- (leniency) lenience: lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
- Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g. ...
- lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict
- (leniency) The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case; An act of being lenient
- (Leniency) An evaluation error in which an evaluator has a tendency to rate a person higher than that person should be rated.
- (Leniency) Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
- (Leniency) The tendency to perceive the job performance of ratees as especially good.
- Easy-going or tolerant.