lenient English

Meaning lenient meaning

What does lenient mean?

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lenient Adjective

— If you are lenient, you give light punishments or ask for only a low level of results He's not in jail because a lenient judge allowed him to get out. People believe athletes need more lenient treatment from teachers because they are not intelligent enough.

lenient

— adjective characterized by tolerance and mercy

— adjective not strict an easy teacher easy standards lenient rules an easy penalty

— adjective (= indulgent, soft) tolerant or lenient indulgent parents risk spoiling their children too soft on the children they are soft on crime

Synonyms lenient synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as lenient?

lenient English » English

indulgent

tolerant

soft

mild

permissive

merciful

lax

magnanimous

gentle

clement

generous

yielding

tender

softhearted

slow

pardon

loose

charitable

well-liked

weak

venial

unprejudiced

unjaundiced

tolerance

take responsibility

sympathetic

smooth

relent

pleasing

patient

openhanded

non-judgemental

mellowed

likable

liberality

liberal

gracious

genial

freehanded

forgiving

forbearing

forbear

for bearing

compassionate

careful

broad-minded

bland

benign

beneficient

balmy

Topics lenient topics

What do people use lenient to talk about?

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Mercy

• What words describe someone who has mercy on another person?
  merciful compassionate humane lenient long-suffering sparing