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Definitions for Lenient

[1] agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
[2] Archaic . softening, soothing, or alleviative.
[3] showing or characterized by mercy or tolerance
[4] archaic caressing or soothing

Words related to Lenient

sympathetic, indulgent, compassionate, tolerant, benign, compliant, forgiving, amiable, charitable, clement, complaisant, easy, easygoing, emollient, forbearing, gentle, good-natured, kind, kindly, loving

Words nearby Lenient

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Origin of Lenient

1645–55; < Latin lēnient- (stem of lēniēns ), present participle of lēnīre to soften, alleviate, soothe. See lenis, -ent

Other words from Lenient

le·ni·ent·ly , adverb
su·per·le·ni·ent , adjective
su·per·le·ni·ent·ly , adverb
un·le·ni·ent , adjective
un·le·ni·ent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Lenient

C17: from Latin lēnīre to soothe, from lēnis soft

Synonyms for Lenient

benign, compassionate, compliant, forgiving, indulgent, sympathetic, tolerant, allowing, amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big, benignant, charitable, clement, complaisant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, gentle, going easy on, good-natured, humoring, kind, kindly, letting, live with, loving, merciful, mild, mollycoddling, obliging, pampering, pardoning, permitting, soft, soft-shell, softhearted, sparing, spoiling, tender, yielding