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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for lenient:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lenient
    adj 1: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling
           their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are
           soft on crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]
    2: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient
       rules"; "an easy penalty"
    3: characterized by tolerance and mercy

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lenient \Le"ni*ent\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n"yent), a. [L.
   leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft,
   mild. Cf. Lithe.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes
      followed by of. "Lenient of grief." --Milton.
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            O?? relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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            Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a
      lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.)
   A lenitive; an emollient.
   [1913 Webster]

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