Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
- 2adjective
Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
- 3noun
A lenitive; an emollient.
- 4adjective
characterized by tolerance and mercy
- 5adjective
not strict
"an easy teacher"
"easy standards"
- 6adjective
tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"
"too soft on the children"
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