| ADJECTIVE | all | lenient, indulgent, soft | tolerant or lenient |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | lenient | not strict | |
| all | lenient | characterized by tolerance and mercy |
| Sounds | liy'niyahnt; liy'nyahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Tolerant or lenient. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | indulgent, soft | |
| Broader | permissive | granting or inclined or able to grant permission |
| Spanish | indulgente | |
| Catalan | indulgent | |
| Nouns | lenience | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers |
| lenience | mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | |
| leniency | a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | |
| Adverbs | leniently | in a permissively lenient manner |
| Meaning | not strict. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "lenient rules" | |
| Broader | undemanding | requiring little if any patience or effort or skill |
| Nouns | lenience | a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone |
| leniency | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | |
| Meaning | Characterized by tolerance and mercy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | clement | (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy |
| Spanish | compasivo, indulgente, misericordioso | |
| Catalan | compassiu, indulgent, misericordiós | |
| Nouns | leniency | mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant |
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