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Lenient

adjective

Tolerant or lenient. Synonyms: indulgent, soft. "Too soft on the children" , "They are soft on crime"

Not strict. "Easy standards" , "Lenient rules" , "An easy penalty"

Characterized by tolerance and mercy.

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"Lenient" Quotes from Famous Books

... government, founded upon principles of justice and charity, in which the people themselves ruled. Full freedom in regard to religious views was insured; trial by jury was granted; and punishments were made as lenient as possible, with a view to the prevention of crimes rather than the infliction of penalties. The result of this was that for a long time there were no serious crimes in this Province, and the country was rapidly settled by thrifty ...

— Stories of New Jersey • Frank Richard Stockton

... alarming extent; at no period has its influence upon our slave population been more palpable or more dangerous; at no period has the municipal administration been so wilfully blind to these corrupt practices, or so lenient and forgiving when such ...

— Manuel Pereira • F. C. Adams

... published numerous letters from southern negro leaders urging negroes to consider well their step, asserting that the South is the best place for them and that the southern white man knows them and will in consequence be more lenient with their shortcomings. The papers further urged an increase in wages and better treatment. Wherever possible, there were published articles which pointed to the material prosperity of negroes in the South. For example, a writer of ...

— Negro Migration during the War • Emmett J. Scott

... lenient to the child, madame," spoke Barbara. "I don't think you ever would punish her at all. But when she commits faults, they must ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... of the Government with his conduct, in the encounter with the allied fleets the previous July; especially for failing to keep touch with them and bring them again to action. The national outcry was too strong to be disregarded, nor is it probable that the Admiralty took a more lenient view of the matter. At all events, an inquiry was inevitable, and the authorities seem to have felt that it was a favor to Calder to permit him to ask for the Court which in any case must be ordered. "I did not fail," wrote Nelson to Barham, "immediately on my ...

— The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain • A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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