Le"ni*ent, n. Med.
A lenitive; an emollient.
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Le"ni*ent (?), a. [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]
1.
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
"
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.
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