Lenient
Lenient (lē"ni*ent o lēn"yent) , adjective
[Latin leniens, -entis, present participle of lenire to soften, from lenis soft, mild. Compare Lithe.]
1.
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
Lenient of grief.
O{not transcribed} relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
2.
Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Lenient , noun
(Medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.