lenient
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adjective
1. (of punishment or a person in authority) permissive, merciful, or tolerant: (罰や権威にいる人が)寛容な、慈悲深い、寛大な
〈人･判決などが〉 «…に» 寛大な, 甘い, (予想より)軽い «with, toward, to»
e.g. judges were far too lenient with petty criminals.: 裁判官は取るに足らない犯罪にあまりにも甘すぎた。
2. archaic emollient.: 軟化する
DERIVATIVES
leniently | ˈlēnēəntlē | adverb
ORIGIN
mid 17th century (in lenient (sense 2) ): from Latin lenient- ‘soothing’, from the verb lenire, from lenis ‘mild, gentle’.