What does "lenient" mean?
Lenient: Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Additional senses
- 2.A lenitive; an emollient.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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