Definitions for lenient

lenient le·ni·ent

Spelling: [lee-nee-uh nt, leen-yuh nt]
IPA: /ˈli ni ənt, ˈlin yənt/

Lenient is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in lenient (eeilnnt).

Definitions for lenient

adjective

  1. agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
  2. Archaic. softening, soothing, or alleviative.

Origin of lenient

1645-55; Latin lēnient- (stem of lēniēns), present participle of lēnīre to soften, alleviate, soothe. See lenis, -ent

Examples for lenient

The Jewish Week reported that sources said Hynes was expected to dispose of the case with a lenient plea deal.

The inferior clergy were by no means so lenient as the Bishop.

The dispute-resolution process is also too protracted, and the sanctions against offending parties too lenient.

She laid a lenient tax upon the neighbors and the town below.

Now be lenient with me and don't get in a passion so easily, but be gentle like me.

In other words, Berlusconi's trivialization of the Shoah and his lenient views regarding Mussolini are not uncommon.

Therefore he asked that the magistrate would consider all this, and be lenient.

Caminero just sounds like a jerk, and his charge of criminal mischief almost too lenient.

The New York Times and The  Guardian asked President Obama to be lenient on the leaker in two editorials Thursday.

Would you think it strange, your excellency, if they were not lenient?

Word Value for lenient
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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