SOFT OPTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an easier alternative
   Usage Example(s)
   • the instructor took the soft option and gave the boy a passing grade
   Hypernyms(s) soft option is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • option (what does option mean?)
   • alternative (what does alternative mean?)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)