lenient
/ˈliːni.ənt/
lenient adjective: lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
Adjective
lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
- Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
- The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
- 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...1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XVIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
Noun
lenient (plural lenients)
lenient meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
lenient in Tamil
- உரிச்சொல், கடுமையற்ற, கண்டிப்புக் குறைவான, கனிவுடைய, அனுசரணையான, இணக்கமான
lenient in Urdu
- دلنواز, حلیم, لطیف, نرم, شفیق
lenient in Bengali
- উদার, ক্ষমাশীল, কঠোর নয় এমন
lenient in Malayalam
- സൗമ്യമായ, കർക്കശമല്ലാത്ത, കൃപാലുവായ, സമാധാനപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന
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- lenient in Kannada
- ಸಹನಶೀಲ, ಸಹಿಷ್ಣುವಾದ, ಸೈರಣೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿಯುಳ್ಳ
- lenient in Indonesian
- lunak
- lenient in Thai
- ปรานี bpraa-nii
Synonyms of lenient
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Forms of lenient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more lenient |
| superlative | most lenient |
| Noun | |
| plural | lenients |
Origin of lenient
From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
Words formed from lenient
Questions about lenient
- What does lenient mean?
- Lenient means lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
- What is lenient in Tamil?
- Lenient in Tamil is உரிச்சொல், கடுமையற்ற, கண்டிப்புக் குறைவான. See Lenient meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lenient?
- Lenient can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce lenient?
- Lenient is pronounced /ˈliːni.ənt/.
Words near lenient in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lenient (page history and authors); lenient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lenient (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Lenient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lenient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lenient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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