adjective. Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful or indulgent.

adjective. Not harsh or strict; merciful or generous.

Softening; mitigating; assuasive.

Relaxing; emollient; lenitive.

Acting or disposed to act without rigor or severity; mild; gentle; merciful; clement.

Synonyms Forbearing, tender. See leniency.

noun. An emollient; a lenitive.

noun. A lenitive; an emollient.

adjective. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

adjective. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe

adjective. Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.

noun. A lenitive; an emollient.

adjective. characterized by tolerance and mercy

adjective. tolerant or lenient

adjective. not strict

"Robert Mugabe's cabinet, arose from his criticism of what he called lenient sentences imposed by a High Court judge on three American missionaries for possession of arms."

strict  

clement  permissive  undemanding  

lenience  leniency  lenity  

convenient  inconvenient  

affable  benignant  conciliatory  considerate  easygoing  

Spartan  accepting  accommodating  accommodative  admissive