01 a. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
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Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.“O�� relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.” — Arbuthnot.“Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.” — Pope.
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Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.