Synonyms for lenient
ˈli ni ənt, ˈlin yəntle·nient

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1. lenientadjective

   Synonyms:
   permissive, lax

   Antonyms:
   severe, strict

2. lenientadjective

   lax; tolerant of deviation; permissive; not strict

   The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.

   Synonyms:
   permissive, lax

   Antonyms:
   severe, strict

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1. lenient

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, limited, lowly, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal

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1. indulgent, lenient, softadjective

   tolerant or lenient

   "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

   Synonyms:
   cushy, indulgent, mild, easy, piano, balmy, voiced, soft, delicate, flabby, subdued, diffuse, flaccid, gentle, sonant, easygoing, diffused

   Antonyms:
   inclement, demanding, unpermissive

2. lenientadjective

   not strict

   "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty"

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, soft

   Antonyms:
   demanding, unpermissive, inclement

3. lenientadjective

   characterized by tolerance and mercy

   Synonyms:
   indulgent, soft

   Antonyms:
   unpermissive, demanding, inclement

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1. lenientadjective

   Synonyms:
   softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating, mitigative, lenitive

2. lenientadjective

   Synonyms:
   mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-suffering, not rigorous, not severe

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1. lenientadjective

   Synonyms:
   compassionate, merciful

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1. List of paraphrases for "lenient":

   indulgent, lax, forgiving, tolerant, relaxed, mild, soft, latitudinarian, loose, liberal, benign, merciful, slight, light, low-tar

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1. Frank Hayde:

   If this person, who might very well be a young person, were to come forward, we might be much more lenient, what better way to impress your date than to show that you're the type of person who will take responsibility for their actions ?

2. Jessica Vaughn:

   I think these are important steps because in recent years the system has been set up to favor the applicant and to put the thumb on the scale in favor of the applicant and to make it harder for an asylum officer to reject the claim, even in cases of reasonable doubt or credibility, there's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.

3. Ben Wizner:

   The problem is not that David Petraeus is getting lenient treatment, the problem is that lenient treatment is only available to people in high places.

4. Lawmaker Jin Sunmee:

   Our justice system is too lenient to offenders and it is heartbreaking to think the system has missed its golden time to protect our children.

5. Abu Khdeir:

   I told the judge that you need to give the maximum punishment for these murderers and not to be lenient with them, my wife and I are having nightmares in the middle of the night when we think about what has happened to our son.