EGAVE

lenient

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
    The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
  2. noun A lenitive; an emollient.

Similar words

soft permissive easy clement indulgent undemanding lax relaxed slack relax

Often followed by

in with and to treatment than view toward attitude

Word family

leniently

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