lenient 音标拼音: [l'iniənt] [l'injənt]
a . 宽大的,深情的,慈悲为怀的
宽大的,深情的,慈悲为怀的
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 \
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leniens , -
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pr .
of lenire to soften ,
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lenis soft ,
mild .
Cf . {
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
Relaxing ;
emollient ;
softening ;
assuasive ; --
sometimes followed by of . "
Lenient of grief ." --
Milton .
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O ??
relax the fibers ,
are lenient ,
balsamic .
--
Arbuthnot .
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Time ,
that on all things lays his lenient hand .
--
Pope .
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2 .
Mild ;
clement ;
merciful ;
not rigorous or severe ;
as ,
a lenient disposition ;
a lenient judge or sentence .
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Lenient \
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n . (
Med .)
A lenitive ;
an emollient .
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95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lenient ":
Spartan ,
accepting ,
accommodating ,
accommodative ,
admissive ,
agreeable ,
allowing ,
armed with patience ,
attentive ,
balmy ,
bland ,
bleeding ,
careless ,
charitable ,
clement ,
commiserative ,
compassionate ,
complaisant ,
condolent ,
consenting ,
considerate ,
delicate ,
disciplined ,
easy ,
easygoing ,
endurant ,
enduring ,
faint ,
forbearant ,
forbearing ,
forgiving ,
generous ,
gentle ,
heedful ,
helpful ,
human ,
humane ,
impotent ,
imprecise ,
indifferent ,
indulgent ,
kind ,
kindly ,
lax ,
long -
suffering ,
longanimous ,
loose ,
magnanimous ,
melting ,
merciful ,
mild ,
mindful ,
mindful of others ,
moderate ,
negligent ,
nonprohibitive ,
obliging ,
overindulgent ,
overpermissive ,
patient ,
patient as Job ,
permissive ,
permitting ,
persevering ,
philosophical ,
pitying ,
regardful ,
relaxed ,
remiss ,
ruthful ,
self -
controlled ,
slack ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
smooth ,
soft ,
softhearted ,
solicitous ,
sparing ,
stoic ,
suffering ,
sympathetic ,
sympathizing ,
tactful ,
tender ,
tenderhearted ,
thoughtful ,
tolerant ,
tolerating ,
tolerative ,
understanding ,
unprohibitive ,
unrestrained ,
warmhearted ,
weak
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