"lenient" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈliːni.ənt/ Audio: en-us-lenient.ogg Forms: more lenient [comparative], most lenient [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns, present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|lénient}} Middle French lénient, {{uder|en|la|lēniēns}} Latin lēniēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
  1. Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation. Synonyms: lax, permissive, forgiving Derived forms: leniently, unlenient Related terms: lenience, leniency, lenity Translations (tolerant; not strict): паблажлівы (pablažlivy) (Belarusian), нястрогі (njastróhi) (Belarusian), памяркоўны (pamjarkóŭny) (Belarusian), спагадлівы (spahadlivy) (Belarusian), снизходителен (snizhoditelen) (Bulgarian), 宽大 (kuāndà) (Chinese Mandarin), 宽松 (kuānsōng) (Chinese Mandarin), shovívavý [masculine] (Czech), toegeeflijk (Dutch), tolerant (Dutch), mild (Dutch), malsevera (Esperanto), lempeä (Finnish), indulgent (French), permissif (French), laxiste (French), ლმობიერი (lmobieri) (Georgian), nachsichtig (German), lunak (Indonesian), permissivo (Italian), tollerante (Italian), indulgente (Italian), clēmēns (Latin), по́пустлив (pópustliv) (Macedonian), сни́сходлив (sníshodliv) (Macedonian), ngāwari (Maori), tolerant (Occitan), permissiu (Occitan), lind (Plautdietsch), leniente (Portuguese), tolerant [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), tolerantă [feminine] (Romanian), indulgent [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), blând [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), îngăduitor [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), снисходи́тельный (snisxodítelʹnyj) (Russian), мя́гкий (mjáxkij) (Russian), терпи́мый (terpímyj) (Russian), tròcaireach (Scottish Gaelic), popustljiv (Serbo-Croatian), tolerante (Spanish), laxo (Spanish), leniente [Peru, archaic] (Spanish), de manga ancha (Spanish), skonsam (Swedish), hoşgörülü (Turkish), müsamahakâr (Turkish), müşfik (Turkish), невимо́гливий (nevymóhlyvyj) (Ukrainian), виба́чливий (vybáčlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈliːni.ənt/ Audio: en-us-lenient.ogg Forms: lenients [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns, present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|lénient}} Middle French lénient, {{uder|en|la|lēniēns}} Latin lēniēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} lenient (plural lenients)
  1. (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-lenient-en-noun-WNbofXj- Topics: medicine, sciences

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          "text": "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.",
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