Associations to the word «Lenient»
Noun
- Pardon
- Abortion
- View
- Slave
- Ordinance
- Guideline
- Catholic
- Pius
- Restriction
- Law
- Rule
- Trial
- Court
- Rejection
- Johnson
- Complaint
- Justice
- Stance
- Taxation
- Opinion
- Wu
- Dodge
- Approach
- Fraud
- Authority
- Tendency
- Corruption
- Treaty
- Sympathy
- Regime
- Permit
- Emperor
- Term
- Wade
- Ferdinand
- Republican
- Circumstance
- Measure
- Requirement
- Peace
- Testimony
- Occupation
- Accused
- Folly
- Jurisdiction
- Exchange
- Orthodox
- Norm
- Case
- Charge
- Wang
- Philip
- Historian
- Matter
- Commentator
- Decision
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
LENIENT, adjective. Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
LENIENT, noun. (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
Dictionary definition
LENIENT, adjective. Tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime".
LENIENT, adjective. Not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty".
LENIENT, adjective. Characterized by tolerance and mercy.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.