Lenient /(lē"nĭ*ent [or] lēn"yent)/

Le·ni·ent

Lenient

a.
  1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
    O relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
    Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
  2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.

Lenient

n.
  1. A lenitive; an emollient. (Med.)