어원 : len-; lens-; lent-= bend lenient a. 너그러운 (lenient punishment) Similar: merciful clement sparing forgiving forbearing tolerant moderate charitable humane indulgent easygoing magnanimous sympathetic compassionate pitying kind mid 17th century (in lenient (sense 2)): from Latin lenient- ‘soothing’, from the verb lenire, from lenis ‘mild, gentle’. relent v. 누그러지다 (He relented somewhat. *re-= ag..