lenient

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliːni.ənt/

Adjective

lenient

1. Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation

   The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII

     But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.

Synonyms

• lax, permissive

Antonyms

• strict
• severe
• stringent
• unlenient

Related terms

• lenience
• leniency
• lenity

Translations

• French: indulgent, permissif, laxiste
• German: nachsichtig
• Italian: permissivo, tollerante, indulgente
• Portuguese: leniente
• Russian: снисходи́тельный
• Spanish: tolerante, laxo, leniente, de manga ancha

Noun

lenient (plural lenients)

1. (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.

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