[なんきん, nankin] (n, vs) lenient confinement or house arrest; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lenient \Le"ni*ent\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n"yent), a. [L.
leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft,
mild. Cf. {Lithe}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes
followed by of. "Lenient of grief." --Milton.
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O?? relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
--Arbuthnot.
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Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
--Pope.
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2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a
lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.)
A lenitive; an emollient.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lenient
adj 1: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling
their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are
soft on crime" [syn: {indulgent}, {lenient}, {soft}]
2: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient
rules"; "an easy penalty"
3: characterized by tolerance and mercy
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย