Associations to the word «Lenient»

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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche