- 1. a. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. Source: opted
- 2. a. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence. Source: opted
- 3. n. A lenitive; an emollient. Source: opted
- 4. adj. tolerant or lenient Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. not strict Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. characterized by tolerance and mercy Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- some "Lenient of grief." Milton. Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. Arbuthnot. Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. Pope. 2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence. A lenitive; an emollient. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 s. not strict s. characterized by tolerance and mercy Source: ecdict
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