| Not strict with rules |
New York Times Mini |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Merciful |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Oct 2025 |
| Clement |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Let nine off to be merciful |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Not strict or harsh (7) |
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| Forgiving point in other words during period of abstinence (7) |
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| Tolerant, let nine off (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Tolerant knight that is taken in fast |
The Times Cryptic |
26 May 2025 |
| One German opposed taking part in period of fasting, which wasn't as harsh as expected |
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| Sparing, tolerant (7) |
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| Of tolerant disposition (7) |
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| Tender that is needed primarily in period of little consumption (7) |
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| Not strict; willing to let things slide (7) |
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| Tolerant, merciful (7) |
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| Clement |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Permissive |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Tolerant(7) |
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| Merciful or gentle (7) |
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| Trapping the nine escapees, you grant, is not hard (7) |
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| Not hard, if you take the wrong line with the network (7) |
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| Get those ten in line but do be merciful! (7) |
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| Mild, merciful |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 Jan 2025 |
| Showing clemency, let nine free |
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| Soft |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Soft on crime (7) |
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| Being tolerant, allowed another nine inside (7) |
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| Tolerant, allow nine to squeeze into (7) |
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| Merciful, tolerant(7) |
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| Tenniel could be so merciful and forbearing |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Crestfallen I enter depression but am merciful ... (7) |
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| Clement allowed nine in to change (7) |
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| Soft red clothing closer to blue shirt |
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| Russian leader embracing Eastern Time sees light |
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| Not strict |
Commuter |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Permissive and allowed criminal nine in (7) |
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| Clement, merciful |
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| Clement Attlee oddly put away nine crackers (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Lax (of a person in authority) (7) |
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| Not strict |
Family Time |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Nine roughly occupying accommodation a not strict (7) |
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| Nine roughly occupying accommodation - not strict (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Nine roughly occupying accommodation - not strict (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Net and line in tangle, which is merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Clement |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Let about nine off, being merciful (7) |
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| Forgiving sin ultimately, that is central to religious observance |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Liberal German certainly not upset to be featured in warrant |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Not strict (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Nile net loosened: that's merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Not severe |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Len, i.e., not heartless but compassionate (7) |
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| Merciful to allow nine to come running in |
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| Allowed nine inside to go out, being easy-going (7) |
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| 21 advanced round eastern province |
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| Mild, merciful |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Merciful (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Tenniel turned out to be merciful (7) |
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| Unspecified number, that is to say, during fast are merciful (7) |
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| Tender that is needed initially in time of little consumption (7) |
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| Allowed about nine out, being easy-going (7) |
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| Nile net loosened: that's merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Not severe |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Not strict or severe: - punishment |
|
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| Gentle German's denial overturned in court decision (7) |
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| Let nine out, being merciful |
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| Let another nine inside - that's tolerant! (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Soft, not severe (7) |
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| Most merciful end, laid out in coffin in North (7) |
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| Showing tolerance (7) |
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| Merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Nine let out: that's compassionate |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Humane process of line and net |
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| Nine let out when merciful (7) |
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| Merciful or tolerant |
Mirror Classic |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Clement I has extremes of emotion during religious fast |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Forbearing |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Liberal invited occasionally during religious season |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Forbearing |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Merciful — net line (anag) |
The Guardian Quick |
13 May 2023 |
| Tending to show mercy |
The Times Concise |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Not strict |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Not severe or strict |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Forgiving fast about a German turning |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Merciful |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Clement, nearly six-week period keeping Spain cool to the north |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Merciful |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Tolerant, granted, accepting noise occasionally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 May 2022 |
| I eat noodles, originally to break religious fast -- it's tolerant |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 May 2022 |
| Kind of permit blocked by regressive German veto |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jan 2022 |
| The opposite of what a martinet would be |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Not strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Merciful |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Easy-going |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Hardly heavy-handed |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Opposite of strict |
Universal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Mild Russian leader embracing Eastern Time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 May 2021 |
| Tolerant fellow and striking girl doing a bunk |
|
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| Soft sanction includes lifting of Merkel's refusal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Not severe |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Nile net cut: that's merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Not at all strict |
Universal |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Kindly left European in revolutionary hospital department |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Like a favorite teacher, maybe |
|
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| Linnet flying round east not tough |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Tolerant of a German Rising in a period before Easter |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Tolerant attitude initially overlooked in books on the French |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Oct 2020 |
| Light inside regularly seen in time before Easter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners |
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| Nine let out: that's compassionate |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Not exacting |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Merciful, tolerant |
The Times Concise |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Tolerant; not strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 May 2020 |
| Merciful |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 May 2020 |
| Soft-hearted |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2020 |
| Tolerant |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 May 2020 |
| Nine crashed into obstacle that's forgiving |
|
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| Sparing space within rocky inlet |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Feb 2020 |
| Tolerant of knight that is breaking fast |
|
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| Permissive |
Canadiana |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Permissive |
|
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| Not strict? That is forbidden ultimately in period of austerity |
|
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| Merciful Russian leader embracing European traditions, initially |
|
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| Opposite of draconian |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Light inside regularly observed in days before Easter |
|
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| Tolerant of knight that is breaking fast |
|
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| Too easy |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2019 |
| Mild mid-evening in days before Easter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2019 |
| Easygoing fast time touring eastern part of UK |
|
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| Mild |
The New Yorker |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Soft on the rules |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Not strict |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Net and line in tangle, which is merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Showing forbearance, as 28 could be? |
|
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| Forgiving destruction of headless sentinel |
|
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| Lax |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Far from stern |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2018 |
| Clement |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Nile net loosened — that's merciful |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Nine let off — that's compassionate |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 May 2018 |
| Soft |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Soft option, finally, that is stopping fast |
|
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| Tolerant, let nine off |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2018 |
| Not strict |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2017 |
| 'Merciful' — based on a Latin word meaning to soothe |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Merciful |
The Times Concise |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Showing mercy |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Unusually short, as a prison sentence |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2017 |
| Liberal leader in news that is breaking fast |
|
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| Fast eating that is initially not sparing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jun 2017 |
| Merciful nurse in story not without a heart |
|
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| Not strict |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jun 2017 |
| Unusually short, as a prison sentence |
|
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| Not strict |
|
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| Showing mercy |
|
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| Tolerant type of revolutionary welcomes note backing riot |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Dec 2016 |
| Lax |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Liberal in fast in between, that is new |
|
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| Mild disagreement from Becker over stopping obstructed serve |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Forgiving, soft |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Not at all harsh |
Universal |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Forbearing |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Mar 2016 |
| Merciful Russian revolutionary receiving English on time |
|
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| Mid-evening in days before Easter can be quite mild |
|
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| Forgiving Russian leader neglecting latest new hospital department |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Soft Communist embracing European Trot's conclusion |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jan 2016 |
| Lax |
|
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| The opposite of harsh |
Family Time |
30 Aug 2015 |
| Mid-evening in days before Easter can be quite mild |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Merciful earl nurses injured linnet? Just the opposite |
|
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| Tolerant flower covers Ulster alongside half the mint |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Jul 2015 |
| Unevenly lie on linen, not soft |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jan 2015 |
| Showing mercy let nine off |
|
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| Let nine off, being merciful |
|
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| Merciful |
|
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| Permissive |
|
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| Soft |
|
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| Being easy-going? That is forbidden ultimately in period before Easter |
|
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| Not tough |
|
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| Inclined to look the other way |
|
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| Willing to let things slide |
|
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| Indulgent |
|
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| Not at all strict |
|
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| Soft drug found in red jacket finally |
|
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| Soft |
|
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| Easygoing |
|
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| Indulgent one starts to eat nuts in time of fasting |
|
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| Not tough |
|
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| Mild |
|
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| Showing clemency |
|
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| Inclined to look the other way |
|
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| Soft, in a way |
|
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| Far from strict |
|
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| Soft, in a way |
|
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| Likely to bend |
|
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| More likely to bend |
|
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| More likely to bend |
|
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| Unlike a martinet |
|
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| Sparing the rod |
|
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| Permissive |
|
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| Sparing the rod |
|
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| Inclined to look other way |
|
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| Easy |
|
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| Permissive |
|
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| Inclined to look other way |
|
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| Permissive |
|
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| Hardly a martinet |
|
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| Easy |
|
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| Not too tough |
|
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| Not strict |
|
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| Not strict |
|
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| Merciful |
|
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| Lax |
|
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| Permissive |
|
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| Easy |
|
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| Soft |
|
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| The opposite of harsh |
|
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| Unlike a martinet |
|
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| Not at all strict |
|
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| Showing clemency |
|
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| Indulgent |
|
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| Not strict |
|
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| Mild |
|
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| Indulgent |
|
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| Merciful |
|
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| Sparing the rod |
|
|
| Clement |
|
|
| Ready to forgive. |
|
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| Compassionate. |
|
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| Mild. |
|
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| Clement. |
|
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| Far from stern. |
|
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| Easy |
|
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| Indulgent. |
|
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| Permissive. |
|
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| Tolerant |
|
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| Assuasive. |
|
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| Merciful. |
|
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| Forbearing. |
|
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| Tempered with mercy. |
|
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| Inclined to mercy. |
|
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| Easy-going. |
|
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