Lax vs. Lenient

Laxnoun

A salmon.

Laxadjective

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

Laxadjective

Loose; not tight or taut.

Laxadjective

Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

Laxadjective

(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Laxadjective

(maths) Describing an associative monoidal functor.

Laxadjective

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

Laxadjective

Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Laxadjective

Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Laxnoun

A looseness; diarrhea.

Laxadjective

lacking in rigor or strictness;

Laxadjective

pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

Laxadjective

not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;

Laxadjective

lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

Laxadjective

tolerant or lenient;

Laxadjective

emptying easily or excessively;

Laxadjective

not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful

Laxadjective

(of the limbs or muscles) relaxed

Laxadjective

(of the bowels) loose.

Laxadjective

(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.

Laxnoun

lacrosse

Lenientadjective

Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation

Lenientnoun

(medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.

Lenientadjective

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

Lenientadjective

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

Lenientnoun

A lenitive; an emollient.

Lenientadjective

tolerant or lenient;

Lenientadjective

not strict;

Lenientadjective

characterized by tolerance and mercy