Lenient — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

tolerant or lenient

not strict

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈiːnɪənt/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈiːnɪənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈiːnɪənt/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈiːnɪənt/.

Examples

indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
too soft on the children
they are soft on crime

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

soft indulgent

Parts of Speech

adjective	tolerant or lenient “indulgent parents risk spoiling their children”
adjective	not strict “an easy teacher”
adjective	characterized by tolerance and mercy

Word Forms

indulgence	noun	a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
leniency	noun	a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience	noun	mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
softness	noun	a disposition to be lenient in judging others

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

nachsichtig

tolerant oder nachsichtig

🇫🇷French

indulgent

tolérant ou indulgent

🇪🇸Spanish

indulgente

tolerante o indulgente

🇮🇹Italian

indulgente

tollerante o indulgente

🇳🇱Dutch

welwillend

tolerant of mild

🇵🇹Portuguese

leniente

tolerante ou indulgente

🇷🇺Russian

снисходительный

терпимый или снисходительный

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उदार

सहिष्णु या उदार

🇧🇩Bengali

নম্র

সহনশীল বা নম্র

🇮🇳Tamil

கனிவான

சகிப்புத்தன்மை அல்லது மென்மையானது

🇮🇳Telugu

సౌమ్యుడు

సహనం లేదా దయగల

🇮🇳Marathi

नम्र

सहनशील किंवा नम्र

🇮🇳Gujarati

નમ્ર

સહનશીલ અથવા ઉદાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿನಯಶೀಲ

ಸಹಿಷ್ಣು ಅಥವಾ ಸೌಮ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദയയുള്ള

സഹിഷ്ണുത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ദയയുള്ള

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਰਮ

ਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲ ਜਾਂ ਨਰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

نرمی کرنے والا

بردبار یا نرمی کرنے والا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

宽容

宽容或宽容

🇯🇵Japanese

寛大な

寛容または寛大な

🇰🇷Korean

허술한

관대하거나 관대하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khoan dung

khoan dung hay khoan dung

🇹🇭Thai

ผ่อนปรน

อดทนหรือผ่อนปรน

🇮🇩Indonesian

lunak

toleran atau toleran

🇵🇭Filipino

maluwag

mapagparaya o maluwag sa loob

🇲🇾Malay

berlembut

bertolak ansur atau berlembut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متساهل

متسامح أو متساهل

🇮🇷Persian

ملایم

بردبار یا ملایم

🇹🇷Turkish

hoşgörülü

hoşgörülü veya hoşgörülü

🇮🇱Hebrew

וַתְרָן

סובלני או סובלני

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