lenient   (Sound)

The adj lenient has 3 senses

• indulgent, lenient, soft -- (tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime")


• lenient -- (not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty")


• lenient -- (characterized by tolerance and mercy)