Lenient means to be indulgent and tolerant. It is to be easy and soft hearted and not very strict. Thus it is the tendency to be merciful and charitable in the face of a mistake or a blunder. Lenient is to be generous and easy going. Thus it is to be inclined to not be very harsh or unforgiving. Lenient is an adjective. It is used as in lenient elders, lenient regulations etc.
The Latin forms of this word are lēniēns, which means to pacify or lēnis that indicates soft. Thus easy, forbearing, lax, clement, charitable, merciful etc are the synonyms of lenient. Severe, strict, unforgiving, hard, intolerant, rigorous, limiting, restrictive etc are the words that convey the meaning opposite to lenient. It is pronounced as "leeneeunt". Some instances of the usage of this word are: "My parents are very lenient people" and "Sam's office has very lenient timings".
The Latin forms of this word are lēniēns, which means to pacify or lēnis that indicates soft. Thus easy, forbearing, lax, clement, charitable, merciful etc are the synonyms of lenient. Severe, strict, unforgiving, hard, intolerant, rigorous, limiting, restrictive etc are the words that convey the meaning opposite to lenient. It is pronounced as "leeneeunt". Some instances of the usage of this word are: "My parents are very lenient people" and "Sam's office has very lenient timings".
