Lenient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lenient	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lenient adj tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" Synonym(s): indulgent, lenient, soft not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty" characterized by tolerance and mercy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenient \Le"nient\ (l[emac]"n[icr][eit]nt [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]nt), a. [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. {Lithe}.] 1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. [bd]Lenient of grief.[b8] --Milton. Of