lenient
adjectifnomattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈliːni.ənt//
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
adjectif
- 1
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
Étymologie
From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
nom
- 1
A lenitive; an emollient.
Formes
- pluriel
- lenients
- comparatif
- more lenient
- superlatif
- most lenient
lenient · Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
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