lenient
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
tolerant or lenient
indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
Related & opposite
- lenience derivation
- indulgence derivation
- softness derivation
- lenience derivation
- permissive similar to
Sense 2 adjective
not strict
an easy teacher
Related & opposite
- lenience derivation
- indulgence derivation
- undemanding similar to
Sense 3 adjective
characterized by tolerance and mercy
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenience |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulgence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | softness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenience |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenience |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulgence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemanding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenience |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | clement |