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lenient 音標拼音: [l'iniənt] [l'injənt] a. 寬大的,深情的,慈悲為懷的 寬大的,深情的,慈悲為懷的 lenient adj 1: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" [synonym: {indulgent}, {lenient}, {soft}] 2: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty" 3: characterized by tolerance and mercy 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. [1913 Webster] O?? relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence. [1913 Webster] Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient. [1913 Webster] 95 Moby Thesaurus words for "lenient":
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