The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTCâ8). During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTCâ7 and is thus based on the mean solar time of the 105th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
Definition of lenient. 1  1 : of mild and tolerant disposition or effect : not harsh, severe, or strict lenient laws a lenient attitude. 2  2 : exerting a soothing or easing influence : relieving pain or stress.
Complacent usually means self-satisfied or unconcerned, but it also shares with complaisant the sense of marked by an inclination to please or oblige. This sense of complacent is an old one, but that hasn't kept language critics from labeling it as an error - and on the whole, modern writers do prefer complaisant for this meaning.