Collocations for "lenient"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lenient" in context.
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lenient
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a lenient [mother, boss, judge, president, teacher, principal]
- a lenient [judgment, verdict, decision, approach, law]
- the lenient treatment of
- has a lenient view on
- you were too lenient [on, with] her!
- need to be [more, less] lenient with him
- [too, quite, remarkably, unusually] lenient
- the punishment was too lenient
- [tends to be, is usually, is known to be] lenient with [new employees]
- lenient with his [employees, children, students]
- lenient towards (her) [employees]
- was lenient with the [grading, mistakes, test, exam, answers]
- [got away with, was given] a lenient sentence
'lenient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):