| Main Entry: |
lenient |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
permissive |
Synonyms: |
allowing,
amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big,
benign, benignant, charitable, clement,
compassionate,
complaisant,
compliant, condoning, easy,
easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, going easy on, good-natured, humoring, indulgent,
kind,
kindly, letting, live with,
loving, merciful, mild, mollycoddling, obliging, pampering, pardoning, permitting,
soft, soft-shell, softhearted, sparing, spoiling,
sympathetic,
tender,
tolerant,
yielding
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Antonyms: |
hard, intolerant, limiting, restrictive, rigorous, severe
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