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lenient
English
Etymology
From Middle French lénient, from Latin l?niens, present participle of l?n?re (“to soften, soothe”), from l?nis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?ni.?nt/
Adjective
lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
- Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
- The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
- But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
Synonyms
- lax, permissive
Antonyms
- strict
- severe
- stringent
- unlenient
Related terms
- lenience
- leniency
- lenity
Derived terms
- leniently
- unlenient
Translations
Noun
lenient (plural lenients)
- (medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
Further reading
- lenient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lenient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- lenient at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Verb
l?nient
- third-person plural future active indicative of l?ni?
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favorable
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of favourable
Derived terms
- unfavorable
Related terms
- favor
- favorably
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /f?.vo??a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /f?.bu??a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fa.vo??a.ble/
Adjective
favorable (masculine and feminine plural favorables)
- favourable
Further reading
- “favorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “favorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “favorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “favorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.v?.?abl/
Adjective
favorable (plural favorables)
- favourable, favorable
Antonyms
- hostile
Related terms
- faveur
- favorablement
Further reading
- “favorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- favorábel
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Adjective
favorable m or f (plural favorables)
- favorable
Derived terms
- favorablemente
Further reading
- “favorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis
Adjective
favorable m (feminine singular favorabla, masculine plural favorables, feminine plural favorablas)
- favorable
Derived terms
- desfavorable
- favorablament
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin favorabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fabo??able/, [fa.??o??a.??le]
Adjective
favorable (plural favorables)
- favorable
Derived terms
- favorablemente
Further reading
- “favorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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