lenienta.[L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]()1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.(Milton.)O relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. (Arbuthnot.)Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. (Pope.)2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.()n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient.()
