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Sentence count:86+4Posted:2016-08-05Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: easygentlelaxloosemercifulmildrelaxedsoftunrestrainedAntonym: severestrictSimilar words: convenienceviolenttalentedequivalentclientancientpatientnutrientMeaning: ['lɪːnɪənt]  adj. 1. tolerant or lenient 2. not strict 3. characterized by tolerance and mercy. 
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(31) That is a nearly four-fold increase over the number who lost out under the old, more lenient rules.
(32) How strict or lenient enforcement agents conceive them to be may well affect their enforcement behaviour.
(33) Stacey Koon was too lenient, in violation of federal sentencing guidelines.
(34) While supporting change to allow the Crown the right of appeal against too lenient sentences, I would advocate another change.
(35) The examiners who marked her A-level paper were very lenient and gave her a pass.
(36) It's stupid to boast about yourself. It's foolish to flatter and pamper yourself. It's wrong to be lenient with yourself. Dr T.P.Chia 
(37) The younger teachers generally had a more lenient attitude towards their students.
(38) The prosecution lawyer challenged the sentence as being unduly lenient.
(39) A previously blameless disciplinary record should have entitled Cooper to more lenient treatment,(http://sentencedict.com/lenient.html) they argue.
(40) With regard to crimes that are known about, the police and courts may be more lenient with female offenders.
(41) Fortunately, his employer was lenient and he was let off with a caution.
(42) Special considerations: the Attorney General invited the Court to review the sentence on the ground that it was unduly lenient.
(43) The students argued that the school discriminated against them by applying more lenient standards to minority applicants.
(44) Many argue that such an appeal by the Crown against too lenient a sentence is simply not cricket.
(45) Second, the law is gender-specific[Sentencedict.com], singling out women for more lenient treatment.
(46) It is curious to note how much more lenient society is to the cheat than to the spoil-sport.
(47) Since 1988 the Crown has also been able to appeal in certain circumstances against lenient sentences.
(48) He had an extremely strict code of conduct for himself and a lenient one for others.
(49) Having been too lenient in the early 1990s, it seemed, the regulator was overcompensating.
(50) Paul who were supposedly too earthly in their pastoral concerns and too lenient in enforcing doctrine and liturgical standards.
(51) Some police officers have criticized judges for being too lenient with car thieves and burglars.
(52) This and more already happens on satellite and cable channels, which are under the more lenient gaze of the Cable Authority.
(53) After a hundred miles he grew lenient and took out bread-and-butter sandwiches from the back of the car.
(54) Prosecutors asked for lenient sentences of between six and 10 years because they accepted the defendants were following orders.
(55) In the mid 1970s Soviet emigration policies became more lenient.
(56) The law on libel is considered too lenient.
(57) He is lenient to the children.
(58) She was very towardly and lenient.
(59) She was very lenient towards him.
(60) He decided to be reasonably lenient.
More similar words: convenienceviolenttalentedequivalentclientancientpatientnutrientunrelentinglyscientistefficienttransientrecipientingredientscientificsufficientorientationentertainmentsentimenteven ifdenialsenioropeninglensblendscreeninglengthcalendarat lengthchallenged
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