LENIENT    寬容

SYMPATHETIC so as NOT TO BE SEVERE.
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Antonym
  • SEVERESERIOUS AND NOT TENDING to PARDON.
See also
  • TOLERANCEENDURE OTHERS' ACTS BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE a RIGHT OR a NATURAL TENDENCY to ACT:perform them.
Hypernym
  • SYMPATHY SOCIAL-EMOTION IN THE FORM OF DESIRE to HELP someone who is SUFFERING what is not JUST, OR who is IN DISTRESS. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • DESIRE GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
  • FEELING NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
Other Hypernyms
  • SYMPATHYnew-37c29a4b-9d53-45c9-829a-4b9d5305c95b SOCIAL-EMOTION IN THE FORM OF DESIRE to HELP someone who is SUFFERING what is not JUST, OR who is IN DISTRESS. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • SOCIAL EMOTION FEELING ENACTED IN RELATION TO OTHER HUMANS. (anc: 12/0, child: 6)
  • FEELING NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    MANSUETUDO

  • Words (4 items)

      huì OC: ɢʷiids MC: ɦei 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychdisposition to punish lightly or to forgive easily
    • vadNlenient
    • vibe lenient
    • vtoNbe lenient with
      zōng OC: tsoŋ MC: tsi̯oŋ 4 Attributions

    Zòng 縱, literally "let go; let off" focusses on the freedom which the forgivee obtains by being forgiven.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe lax in the administration of justice, be irresponsibly lenientCH
    • vtoNforgive; let off lightly
      kuān OC: khoon MC: khʷɑn 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 猛/VIOLENT The current general word for violence in action and in disposition is měng 猛 (ant. nuò 懦 "weakish, pusillanimous") which refers quite generally to a disposition for incisive action and violent reaction without strong positive or negative overtones.
    • Oppos: 栗/STERN

      Syntactic words
    • nabactleniency
    • vadNlenient
    • vibe lenient and tolerantCH
    寬惠  kuān huì MC: khwan hwejH OC: khoon ɢʷiids 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactlenient approachLZ