Related Clues:

• Far from strict
• Sparing the rod
• Unlike a martinet
• More likely to bend
• Not at all strict
• Soft on punishment
• Not tough
• Likely to bend
• Soft, in a way
• Far from stern
• Not exacting
• Showing clemency
• Inclined to look the other way
• Not severe, merciful
• Merciful or easygoing