lenient

• Caesar was constitutionally lenient, and admired rather than resented a valiant fight for freedom. —  Caesar: A Sketch
• The imprisoned Home Rulers were released from Kilmainham on conditions which he thought perilously lenient, and he resigned, as also did Earl Cowper. —  The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886.
• Others, who had more of the wisdom of the serpent, and who had been informed by Mr Sawbridge that our hero was a lad who would inherit a large property, argued differently, and considered that Captain Wilson had very good reason for being so lenient--and among them was the second lieutenant. —  Mr. Midshipman Easy
• General Feversham is not very lenient, and Colonel Kirk, who is expected immediately, is inclined to hang every one he can catch. —  Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow
• But the beautiful lady knew when to be lenient, and so she accepted them all She told me that our stolen things are hidden away for ever, and that we'll be robbed again," Connie said to her husband on the way back to Valley House She told me the same," said Dick. —  The Second Latchkey

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