lenient

UK /ˈliːni.ənt/ US /ˈliːni.ənt/
adj 1noun 1

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.

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