lenient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns, present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
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lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
- Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
- The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
- 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XVIII, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
- 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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tolerant; not strict
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Noun[edit]
lenient (plural lenients)
Further reading[edit]
- “lenient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lenient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lenient”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
lēnient
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