Lenient

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Other judges face investigations for the lenient sentences they handed down in specific cases of serious crimes. (references)
		Recently, the provision of lenient payment terms as well as a favorable dollar exchange rate have all contributed to maintain the U.S. dominance in the Saudi PC market. (references)
Children	South Africa	The minimum sentence for rape of a child is life in prison, but judges have the discretion to grant more lenient sentences. (references)
	Malaysia	Moreover, Shari'a courts sometimes are more lenient with males who are charged with "close proximity." However, in many cases Muslim men are charged and punished for statutory rape under secular law. (references)
	Japan	In previous years, both the Government and society in general appeared to take a lenient attitude toward teenage prostitution and dating for money (which may or may not have involved sexual activity). (references)
Civil Liberties	South Africa	Some religious communities believe that the Government is too lenient in regards to PAGAD. (references)
	Macedonia	During the fall, border guards were more lenient about persons entering without proper documentation. (references)
	Russia	The Government acted more expeditiously for applicants who had been citizens of the former Soviet Union and applied a more lenient standard. (references)
Economic History	Belgium	Consequently, potential Belgian representatives will look to their suppliers for lenient credit terms. (references)
	Colombia	Colombia passed revised criminal procedures code in 1993 that permits traffickers to surrender and negotiate lenient sentences in return for cooperating with prosecutors. (references)
	Romania	Lenient government attitude towards the accumulation of arrears by state-owned enterprises coupled with inefficient bankruptcy procedures indirectly subsidized unprofitable behavior while good corporate governance was undermined by vested interests. (references)
Human Rights	Vietnam	Laws governing foreign business enterprises are more lenient. (references)
	Cameroon	They are kept in elite wings of certain prisons, where they enjoy relatively lenient treatment. (references)
	Italy	When acting as prosecutors, judges can appeal verdicts, including sentences they deem too lenient. (references)
Minorities	Bosnia and Herzegovina	In May the Zvornik Basic Court issued a decision against Bosnian Serbs who violently protested the return of Bosniaks to the village of Divic; 14 persons were found guilty of obstructing officials in performing their duties, 2 persons were sentenced to 45 days of imprisonment, and fines were leveled against the remaining 12. While observers believe that the sentence was lenient given the severity of the crime, the case represents the first instance in the eastern RS in which Bosnian Serbs have been held criminally liable for inciting violence against minority returnees. (references)
Political Economy	ITALY	In 1999, the government introduced "antitrust" legislation to limit concentration in ownership of movie theaters and in film distribution, including more lenient treatment for distributors that provide a majority of "made in EU" films to theaters. (references)
	DENMARK	The highest marginal individual income tax rate, including the gross labor market contribution "tax," is about 64 percent, and applies to taxable earnings exceeding some $37,600 (2001). Foreign executives, earning more than $65,000 annually and foreign researchers working in Denmark on a contract may for a period of up to three years benefit from more lenient income taxation, a flat 33 percent tax on gross income. (references)
Trade	Thailand	The majority of U.S. firms exporting to Thailand conduct business on a documentary basis, and use various methods of financing such as letters of credit (L/Cs), bank drafts and wire transfers . New-to-market exporters and infrequent exporters should require confirmed, irrevocable L/Cs when initiating relationships with new importers and distributors . Once the importer has established a good payment record and the U.S. firm is convinced of the importer's trustworthiness, it is advisable to provide more lenient terms . However, in the present economic climate, many exporters are retaining tighter control on payment mechanisms than they exercised previously. (references)
Women	Fiji	Courts have imposed sentences that vary widely but generally were lenient. (references)
	Greece	In all four cases, the courts reportedly imposed very lenient civil sentences. (references)
Worker Rights	Poland	Employers consider the law too lenient, since a vote of only one-quarter of the workforce can call a strike. (references)
	Kyrgyz Republic	The maximum sentence for those prosecuted under these laws is 15 years; however, the very few traffickers that were caught received lenient sentences or fines. (references)
	Malta	The law prohibits the employment of children younger than age 16. The Department of Labor enforces the law effectively, but it is lenient in cases of summer employment of underage youths in businesses run by their families; some underage children were employed as domestics, restaurant kitchen help, or vendors. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speeches: Lenient

Usage Frequency: Lenient

Expression: Lenient

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lenient

Modern Translations: Lenient

Language		Translations for "lenient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpirtbutë (forgiving), i butë (balmy, bland, Clement, cottony, creamy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easygoing, facile, feathery, flabby, genial, gentle, limp, meek, mellow, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, mushy, non-rigid, permissive, pillowy, placable, pulpy, quick, samel, silken, silky, soft, soft spoken, squashy, tame, temperate, tender, velvety, yielding). (various references)

Arabic		‏متسامح (broad minded, fond, forbearing, forgiving, indulgent, large minded, liberal, merciful, mild, permissive, soft, tolerant), ‏متساهل (indulgent, permissive, tolerant), ‏غافر (forgiving), ‏رفيق (associate, billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow). (various references)

Bulgarian		снизходителен (indulgent, merciful, patronizing, permissive, sparing, whimsical), милостив (accessible to pity, forgiving, good, gracious, merciful, openhearted, sparing), лек (airy, bland, cool, cure, cushy, easy, expedite, facile, fairy, flimsy, gentle, gossamer, gossamery, gradual, lambent, light, lightsome, lightweight, medicine, mild, mobile, potty, quiet, remedy, skyey, slick, slight, snap, soft, subtle, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial). (various references)

Chinese		宽大 (leniency), 寬容 (tolerant), 寬 (broad, wide). (various references)

Czech		shovívavý (charitable, Clement, indulgent, permissive, tolerant), mírný (balmy, benign, easygoing, equable, genial, gentle, lamblike, light, meek, mild, moderate, placid, quiet, reasonable, slow, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unruffled). (various references)

Danish		ikke-strikt evaluering (lenient evaluation, non-strict evaluation). (various references)

Dutch		lankmoedig (tolerant), goedertieren (charitable, merciful). (various references)

Esperanto		indulga. (various references)

Faeroese		eira (be lenient with, indulge, spare). (various references)

Farsi		ملین (Laxative), ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Meek, Mild, Moderate, Sedate, Smooth, Soft, Suave), ضدیبوست (Laxative), اسان گیر (Easygoing, Permissive), بامدارا (Tolerant), باگذشت . (various references)

Finnish		lievä (light, mild, slight). (various references)

French		indulgent (leniently). (various references)

German		nachsichtig (clement, forbearing, forbearingly, indulgent, indulgently, leniently, soft, tolerant, tolerantly), mild (balmy, benevolent, benign, bland, clement, clemently, gentle, light, meek, mellow, mild, mildly, moderate, placid, softly). (various references)

Greek		επιεικήσ (forgiving, indulgent). (various references)

Hebrew		מקל (extenuating, ferule, indulgent, palliative, rod, staff, stave, stick, switch), ותרן (indulgent, yielding), ותר� י (complaisant, indulgent, meek, yielding), רתוי (gentle, indulgent, leniency, mild, mildness, resignation, withdrawal), רחמ� י (compassionate, merciful, pitiful). (various references)

Hungarian		szelíd (benign, biddable, bland, gentle, light, meek, milky, placid, quiet, subdued, sweet, sweet-tempered, tame). (various references)

Indonesian		lunak (bland, soft). (various references)

Italian		indulgente (charitable, forbearing, forbearingly, indulgent, leniently, patient, soft, tolerating). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		緩い (loose, slow), 緩やか . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゆるい (loose, slow), ゆるやか, てぬるい (lax, slow). (various references)

Manx		trochoil, trocairagh (clement), mial (gentle, good-natured, humane), keainal (accommodating, civil, civil as person, fond, obliging). (various references)

Norwegian		skånsom, mild (balmy, genial). (various references)

Pig Latin		enientlay

Portuguese		suave (bland, creamy, delicate, douceur, dowry, dulcify, easy, facile, genial, gentle, glib, lambkin, lamblike, meekness, mellifluous, mellow, mild, piano key, placard, pleasantly, silken, sleek, sleeky, smooth, soft, soft spoken, suave, sweet, tender), indulgência (forbearance, forgiving, goodwill, indulgence, leniency, lens, let off, mildness, tolerance), brando (bland, dainty, delicate, easy, facile, fine, flag, gentle, light, lithe, meek, mellow, mild, moderate, placable, placid, reasonable, refined, slow, smooth, soft, soft spoken, suave, tender). (various references)

Romanian		tolerant (broad, latitudinarian, placable, tolerant), indulgent (charitable, Clement, indulgent, merciful), blând (benign, bland, Clement, docile, dovelike, easy-tempered, fair, genial, gentle, gently, good hearted, good natured, harmless, meek, mild, mildly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, placable, silken, soft, steady, sweet, tame, tender, tractable), îngãduitor (compliant, facile, gracious, indulgent, kind, patient, tolerant, yielding). (various references)

Russian		снисходительный (condescending, forgiving, gracious, indulgent), мягкий (balmy, bland, cottony, cushiony, downy, facile, fair-spoken, genial, gentle, green, limp, meek, mellow, mild, mild-mannered, mushy, non-rigid, open, pillowy, pulpy, rich, round, silken, soft, squashy, squidgy, yielding). (various references)

Scottish		coibhneil (mild). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		smirujući (appeasable), popustljiv (clement, complaisant, compliant, concessive, deferent, easeful, indulgent, liberal, permissive, placable, sparing, weak-kneed, yielding), blag (benign, bland, clement, genial, gentle, light, meek, mellow, melting, mild, permissive, placable, tender, unctuous). (various references)

Spanish		indulgente (fond, forgiving, indulgent). (various references)

Swedish		mild (bland, charitable, clement, delicate, easy, genial, gentle, kind, lamblike, mild, soft), överseende (charitable, charity, forbearance, forbearing, forgiveness, forgiving, indulgence, indulgent, lenience, leniency, liberal). (various references)

Thai		ปรานี. (various references)

Turkish		yumuşak (benignant, bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, heartthrob, kid glove, kindly, lax, light, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, velvet, yielding), merhametli (benignant, charitable, christian, Clement, compassionate, gracious, merciful, pitiful, pitying, propitious, samaritan, softhearted, tenderhearted), hoşgörülü (broad, Clement, complaisant, decent, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, patient, permissive, tolerant, wide open), hafif (airy, blancmange, cushy, digestible, distant, dulcet, easy of digestion, feeble, feint, frail, frivolous, light, lightly, lightweight, loose, mild, piano, slight, small, soft, subdued, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wishy washy). (various references)

Ukranian		терпимий (bearable, large minded, tolerable, tolerant), поблажливий (easy, forgiving, gracious, indulgent, large-hearted, mild, permissive). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhân hậu (large-hearted), khoan dung (clement, forgiving, tolerant), hiền hậu (good-natured). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Lenient

Derivations & Misspellings: Lenient

Rhyming with "Lenient"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lenient" (pronounced lē"nēunt or lē"nyunt)
4	-ē u n t	affiant, ambient, defoliant, deviant, disobedient, expedient, incipient, ingredient, invariant, luxuriant, miscreant, nutrient, obedient, percipient, prescient, prurient, radiant, recipient, salient, subservient, variant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
6	-ē" n y u n t	convenient, inconvenient.
5	-n y u n t	poignant.
4	-y u n t	brilliant, ebullient, resilient, valiant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Lenity	Adjective: lenient; mild, mild as milk; gentle, soft; tolerant, indulgent, easy-going; clement; (compassionate); forbearing; long-suffering.
Moderation	Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.
Pity	Merciful, clement, ruthful; humane; humanitarian; (philanthropic); tender, tender hearted, tender as a chicken; soft, soft hearted; unhardened; lenient; exorable, forbearing; melting; Verb: weak.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Play	Caption
	Ashen; balmy; bland; caressing; comfortable; cool; cushy; delicate; diffuse; dim; dimmed; dulcet; dull; dusky; faint; gentle; gravy; hazy; lenient; light; low; low-key; mellifluous; mellow; melodious; mild; misty; murmured; muted; pale; pallid; pastel; pl.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	Our superiority of strength and advantages of civilization should make us lenient toward the Indian.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	182	22,870

Expression using "lenient": lenient evaluation. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "lenient": rapist-lenient.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lenient	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	clemens, clemente, clementes, clementia, clementibus, clementis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lenient": leniently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lenient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: leanent, leanient, leient, leinient, lemnian, Lenhert, leniant, lenienty, lenine, lentent, linient, senient. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-n-n-t"
	-1 letter: lenten, linnet.
	-2 letters: elint, elite, inlet, linen.
	-3 letters: leet, lent, lien, line, linn, lint, lite, nene, nine, nite, teel, teen, tele, tile, tine.
	-4 letters: eel, inn, lee, lei, let, lie, lin, lit, nee, net, nil, nit, tee, tel, ten, tie, til, tin.
	-5 letters: el, en, et, in, it, li, ne, ti.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: nonelite, sentinel.
	+2 letters: alinement, eglantine, eminently, enlighten, inclement, inelegant, intensely, interlend, interlent, interline, leniently, lineament, negligent, relenting, sentinels, telneting, valentine.
	+3 letters: alinements, centennial, centerline, delinquent, eglantines, enlightens, enlistment, entailment, indecently, ineloquent, inherently, intendedly, interlends, interlined, interliner, interlines, interrenal, lentigines, lieutenant, lineaments, neglecting, penitently, sentential, sentiently, sentineled, septennial, silentness, telnetting, tenderloin, tunnellike, unsteeling, valentines.
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Lenient

Definitions: Lenient

Lenient

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Synonyms: Lenient

Synonyms within Context: Lenient

Lenity

Moderation

Pity

Crosswords: Lenient

Sounds Captioned with "Lenient".

Non-Fiction Usage: Lenient

Speeches: Lenient

Ulysses S. Grant

Usage Frequency: Lenient

Expression: Lenient

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lenient

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