LENIENT
\lˈiːnɪənt], \lˈiːnɪənt], \l_ˈiː_n_ɪ__ə_n_t]\
Definitions of LENIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
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A lenitive; an emollient.
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Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; - sometimes followed by of.
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Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
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A lenitive; an emollient.
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Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; - sometimes followed by of.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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