1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; — some "Lenient of
grief." Milton.
Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. Arbuthnot.
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. Pope.
2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
LENIENT
Le"ni*ent, n. (Med.)
Defn: A lenitive; an emollient.
LENIENTLY
Le"ni*ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lenient manner.
LENIFY
Len"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. lenis soft, mild + -fy: cf. F.lénifier.]
Defn: To assuage; to soften; to Bacon. Dryden.
LENIMENT
Len"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. lenimentum: cf. OF. leniment. See Lenient.]
Defn: An assuasive. [Obs.]