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" Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or a tyrant. In my opinion, he ought to be as lenient with his club as circumstances allow, and the less he interferes with the personal liberties of the men, the better."
Joe Tinker

Meaning of "lenient" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LENIENT

From Latin lēnīre to soothe, from lēnis soft.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LENIENT

ˈliːnɪənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LENIENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lenient is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LENIENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mercy

Mercy is a broad term that refers to benevolence, forgiveness and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social and legal contexts. The concept of a "Merciful God" appears in various religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Performing acts of mercy as a component of religious beliefs is also emphasized through actions such as the giving of alms, and care for the sick and Works of Mercy. In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power, or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.

Definition of lenient in the English dictionary

The definition of lenient in the dictionary is showing or characterized by mercy or tolerance. Other definition of lenient is caressing or soothing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LENIENT

ambient · Bryant · client · compliant · convenient · deviant · gelato · giant · gradient · ingredient · intervenient · orient · prevenient · radiant · recipient · superconvenient · supervenient · transient · ultraconvenient · variant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LENIENT

lengthy · lenience · leniency · leniently · lenify · Lenin · Lenin Peak · Leninabad · Leninakan · Leningrad · Leninism · Leninist · Leninite · lenis · lenite · lenities · lenition · lenitive · lenitively · lenity

WORDS THAT END LIKE LENIENT

ancient · coefficient · deficient · efficient · energy-efficient · fuel-efficient · impatient · inconvenient · inefficient · inpatient · insufficient · Lorient · obedient · outpatient · patient · proficient · quotient · resilient · salient · sufficient

Synonyms and antonyms of lenient in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LENIENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lenient» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «lenient» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LENIENT

Find out the translation of lenient to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lenient from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lenient» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

宽大的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

indulgente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lenient
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تساهلا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

снисходительны
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

indulgente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কোমল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

laxiste
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lembut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

nachsichtig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

寛大な
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

관대한
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lenient
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân hậu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கருணை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सौम्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hoşgörülü
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

indulgente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

pobłażliwe
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

поблажливі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

indulgent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιεικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toegeeflik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

seende
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skånsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lenient

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LENIENT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of lenient
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lenient».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lenient

EXAMPLES

8 QUOTES WITH «LENIENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lenient.
1
Giancarlo Esposito
I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself.
2
Mark Hoppus
My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.
3
Wolfman Jack
When I started at XCRF in 1960, Mexico was the most lenient country in the world when it came to radio.
4
Brendan I. Koerner
Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the lam. These homecomings typically involved prearranged surrenders to the FBI, in the hopes of earning lenient sentences.
5
Irving Ravetch
Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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Joe Tinker
Because a man is placed in charge of a club does not make it necessary for him to be a taskmaster or a tyrant. In my opinion, he ought to be as lenient with his club as circumstances allow, and the less he interferes with the personal liberties of the men, the better.
7
Abdurrahman Wahid
All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
8
Donald E. Westlake
I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LENIENT»

Discover the use of lenient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lenient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lenient Beast
A man is found dead in a backyard in Tucson, Arizona, but the police find it difficult to find any motive for murder.
Fredric Brown, 2010
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Examining TANF Sanction Policies: Who Gets Sanctioned and ...
Stringent 4.5 9.8 Alaska Lenient Lenient Lenient Lenient Yes 0.0 4.3 Arizona Intermed. Intermed. Intermed. Intermed. Yes 5.1 5.1 Arkansas Stringent Lenient Stringent Lenient 0.3 3.2 California Lenient Lenient Lenient Lenient Yes 0.1 2.3 ...
Roland Werner Stahl, 2008
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Classifying Attitude by Topic Aspect for English and Chinese ...
Table 4.10: Kendall's τ correlation of 21 systems for sentence polarity classification. even negative τ correlation with Lenient-M, Lenient-1 and Lenient- 3, therefore it is the least useful standard. Lenient-3 has the highest correlation with Lenient- ...
Yejun Wu, 2008
4
Understanding Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice
right'; only 5 per cent held the view that sentencing was too lenient (Subordinate Courts of Singapore 1998). It seems likely that this reflects the more punitive sentencing patterns in that jurisdiction. The public perception of leniency has ...
Julian V. Roberts, Roberts, 2005
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The New World of Welfare
State Benefit generosity' Earnings disregards^ Sanctions'^ Time limits* Overall work incentives* Alabama Low Low Strict Moderate Mixed Alaska High Medium Lenient Moderate Weak Arizona Medium Low Moderate Lenient Weak Arkansas  ...
Rebecca M. Blank, Ron Haskins, 2004
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Divinity and Maximal Greatness
An example of this might well be lenience.27 It is not obvious whether lenience is a maximality property(or even thatitis a great-making property); Isuggesttentatively, however, that it is possible to be infinitely lenient, and that anything infinitely ...
Daniel J. Hill, 2005
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PISA PISA 2009 Technical Report
... CI_lo CI_hi t Leniency/ Harshness Leniency/ Harshness albania Albanian 7.34 80 27.30 1.27 13.42 1.99 Lenient 15.17 80 41.53 5.93 24.41 1.99 Lenient Lenient argentina Spanish 6.35 69 25.19 0.30 12.40 2.00 Lenient -1.26 78 26.17 -7.16 ...
OECD, 2012
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A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic ...
spilled out of the sky into the ocean and is collected together NDGR 226:3 n.m. lenient ruling (4- VV?p; JPA Vip DJPA 478) a. alone: sg. X1? N^lpl Kin xblp XDH rr^ IPX in this case (it leads to) a lenient ruling, and he does not maintain a lenient ...
Michael Sokoloff, 2002
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Welsh prisoners in the prison estate: third report of ...
Research has also shown that the UK is one of the most lenient sentencers in relation to most individual crime categories. British Journal of Criminology, 34, Source: Professor K Pease, "Cross-National Imprisonment Rates", Special Issue,  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee, 2007
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What Revenue-optimizing Firms Can Do about Their ...
"Book," "Book and Search," and "Search" in the control group are similar to these in the lenient deadline. The two hypotheses were tested using a small sample t- test for comparing proportions among two independent populations and the ...
Chih-Chien Chen, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LENIENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lenient is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nuttall 'got what he deserved': Dick | SBS News
Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick, who as attorney-general appealed against the initial sentence because it was too lenient, said ... «SBS, Jul 15»
2
Neighbors say dad who was stabbed to death abused his kids | New …
“He needs to be punished, but they've got to be lenient.” Another neighbor, Gissette Vasquez, said she saw the son after the slaying, and “he ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Appeals Court: Judge improperly nixed assault plea deal …
Superior Court Judge Philip Volland incorrectly rejected the plea agreement as too lenient, with a presumptive sentence of one to three years, ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
4
Drug addict Bracknell robbers' "unduly lenient" sentences extended …
Two drug addict brothers who carried out a spate of knifepoint robberies in Bracknell have had their “unduly lenient” jail sentences increased. «getreading, Jul 15»
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Violent Bracknell borthers have 'lenient' sentence increased on appeal
The Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP said: “I referred this case to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient because the original sentence ... «Bracknell News, Jul 15»
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Obama urges more lenient sentences - Star Phoenix
U.S. President Barack Obama tours the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma on Thursday as part of a push to reform the ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
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President to Consider Granting Special Pardons to Entrepreneurs
Home; » President to Consider Granting Special Pardons to Entrepreneurs. Lenient Gov't. President to Consider Granting Special Pardons to ... «BusinessKorea, Jul 15»
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NSW's most sadistic killers have been reclassified from maximum …
THEY are two dads who shared the heartbreak of their daughters being murdered and are now linked by the outrage at the lenient treatment ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Mother outraged that child killer given more lenient sentence
Child murderer and rapist Andrew Garfoth has been downgraded from maximum security to a medium security prisoner. The move means he ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Court upholds lenient sentence for Chicago billionaire
A lenient sentence for the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies, who was convicted of hiding $5.6 million in taxes, was upheld by a federal ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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