be lenient

Frequency: 8.035.2 per million words

Used to describe a state of being merciful or tolerant.

lenientVERB + lenient

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Examples (10)

  • The appeal judge agreed that the original sentence was unduly lenient.
  • Judges should be lenient with first-time offenders.
  • The new policy will be more lenient towards minor infractions.
  • If you are too lenient, people might take advantage.
  • Should we be more lenient with our children's screen time?
  • The teacher was being very lenient about the late submissions.
  • The government has always been lenient on tax evasion.
  • Please be lenient with him; he didn't mean any harm.
  • The rules used to be quite lenient in this company.
  • The committee decided to be lenient given the circumstances of the case.