lenient

lenient is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
2. adjective. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
3. noun. A lenitive; an emollient.
4. adjective. characterized by tolerance and mercy
5. adjective. not strict

   "an easy teacher"

   "easy standards"

6. adjective. tolerant or lenient

   "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"

   "too soft on the children"

   Synonyms: indulgent, soft

Synonyms

indulgent, soft

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lenient:

tenline, tenniel

Common word forms

leniently, lenientness

Words from these letters

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