lenient
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈliːni.ənt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
- Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
“The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.”
“But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
- A lenitive; an emollient.