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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.