Associations to the word «Lenient»
Noun
- Gentle
- Sentencing
- Overly
- Sentence
- Ne
- Offender
- Punishment
- Rabbinic
- Ruling
- Juror
- Defendant
- Plea
- Kind
- Radical
- Prosecutor
- Censor
- Verdict
- Confederate
- Penance
- Treatment
- Tribunal
- Reconstruction
- Penalty
- Marijuana
- Sanction
- Prosecution
- Rabbi
- Judge
- Attitude
- Surrender
- Parole
- Divorce
- Indulgence
- Jury
- Arbor
- Prison
- Policy
- Concession
- Judgment
- Enforcement
- Edict
- Lincoln
- Offense
- Crime
- Fault
- Censorship
- Attorney
- Jail
- Criticism
- Regard
- Appeal
- Criminal
- Amnesty
- Offence
- Failing
- Standard
- Rebel
- Clergy
- Dismissal
- Imprisonment
- Packing
- Dealing
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
LENIENT, adjective. Lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict.
LENIENT, noun. (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
Dictionary definition
LENIENT, adjective. Tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime".
LENIENT, adjective. Not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty".
LENIENT, adjective. Characterized by tolerance and mercy.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.