lenient

Collocations

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1

(adj.)

VERBS

be, seem | become

ADV

extremely, very | quite, relatively

excessively, unduly

The teacher was criticized for being excessively lenient with students who repeatedly missed deadlines.

PREP

with

My teacher was more lenient with students who tried hard but struggled with math.

Definitions

adj

1

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 form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.

noun

1

A lenitive; an emollient.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — tolerant or lenient

indulgent
soft

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.

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02

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 a

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03

He tended to be lenient toward the children.

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04

Extenuating circumstances led the judge to pass a more lenient sentence.

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05

Tom is too lenient with his students.

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06

Be lenient!

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