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lenient
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lenient noun allowing, benevolent, charitable, clemens, clement, compassionate, condoning, considerate, easy, enduring, exorable, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, free from vindictiveness, generous, gentle, humane, humoring, indulgent, indulging, kind, kindhearted, lenis, liberal, longanimous, magnanimous, merciful, mild, mitis, moderate, pampering, pardoning, patient, pitying, placable, soft, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tolerant, unstrict, willing to forgive, yielding
Foreign phrases: Cum confitente sponte mitius est agennum.One confessing voluntarily should be dealt with more leniently.
See also: palliative, perfunctory, permissive, placable


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Unfortunately, no matter how tight the accountability of the paper work requirements, questionable activities began very quickly, forcing the state to pull out the stops on some of its previous leniencies even for the collection and payment of abandoned materials left at Goodwill drop-off locations.
Some countries, in an effort to attract foreign investment to EPZs, have relaxed labour laws, while many developed countries with higher labour standards argue that these leniencies steal jobs from their workers.
You're allowed certain leniencies for some things, but you're still responsible to being with the team,'' he said.
 
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