lenient

lenient
01. I think his parents are too [lenient]! He gets into all kinds of trouble, and they never do anything about it.
02. The suspect's lawyer asked the judge for [leniency] in sentencing because it was his first offence.
03. I don't think it is better to be [lenient] or strict with a child as much as it is important to be consistent.
04. Many people think that teenage offenders are treated too [leniently], but I don't think it is true.
05. Our professor is quite [lenient] with homework; I wish he would be a bit more strict.
06. Her parents were very [lenient] with her when she was young, so she had to learn to be very responsible by herself.
07. The judge refused the request for [leniency], and sentenced him to life in prison.
08. Now in his second term, the President is said to have become more [lenient] with those who oppose his views.
09. The teacher is simply too [lenient] with her students and is passing people who ought to fail.
10. The judge showed [lenience] with the accused because it was his first offence.
11. She was quite [lenient] with her children because she felt her own parents had been much too strict.
12. You can't be [lenient] with a dog that starts to become aggressive or it could become a dangerous animal.
13. Holland has long been known for its [lenient] attitude towards the use of soft drugs.
14. Dr. Alsaker once advised that we should be [lenient] in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had the opportunity to make them.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Lenient — Le ni*ent (l[=e] n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n yent), a. [L. leniens, entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. {Lithe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; sometimes followed by of. Lenient of grief. Milton.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lenient — (adj.) 1650s, relaxing, soothing, from M.Fr. lenient, from L. lenientem (nom. leniens), prp. of lenire to soften, alleviate, mitigate, allay, calm, from lenis mild, gentle, calm, probably from PIE root *le to leave, yield, let go, slacken (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Lenient — Le ni*ent, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lenient — (spr. löniang), Charles, franz. Literarhistoriker, geb. 1825 in Provins (Seine et Marne), seit 1865 Professor der französischen Dichtkunst an der Pariser Sorbonne. Er veröffentlichte: »La satire en France an moyen âge« (1859, 4. Aufl. 1893; von… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • lenient — I noun allowing, benevolent, charitable, clemens, clement, compassionate, condoning, considerate, easy, easygoing, enduring, exorable, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, free from vindictiveness, generous, gentle, humane, humoring, indulgent,… …   Law dictionary

  • lenient — 1 *soft, gentle, smooth, mild, bland, balmy Analogous words: assuaging, alleviating, relieving (see RELIEVE): grateful, agreeable, welcome, gratifying, pleasing, *pleasant Antonyms: caustic Contrasted words: harsh, *rough 2 indulgent, merciful,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lenient — [adj] permissive allowing, amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big*, benign, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, going… …   New thesaurus

  • lenient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ merciful or tolerant. DERIVATIVES lenience noun leniency noun leniently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin lenire soothe , from lenis mild, gentle …   English terms dictionary

  • lenient — [lēn′yənt, lē′nē ənt] adj. [L leniens, prp. of lenire, to soften, alleviate < lenis, smooth, soft, mild < IE base * leī : see LATE] 1. not harsh or severe in disciplining, punishing, judging, etc.; mild; merciful; clement 2. Archaic… …   English World dictionary

  • lenient — adjective Brother Andrew was a lenient teacher Syn: merciful, clement, forgiving, forbearing, tolerant, charitable, humane, indulgent, easygoing, magnanimous, sympathetic, compassionate, mild See note at mercy Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

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