Lenient

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  • adjective. Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful or indulgent.
  • adjective. Not harsh or strict; merciful or generous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
  • adjective. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe
  • noun. A lenitive; an emollient.
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  • adjective. Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
  • noun. A lenitive; an emollient.
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  • adjective. characterized by tolerance and mercy
  • adjective. tolerant or lenient
  • adjective. not strict
    • Word Usage
    "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."
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