Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

A lenitive; an emollient.

Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.

tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children"

characterized by tolerance and mercy

not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"