soft option

/sɔft ˌɑpʃən/
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Other forms: soft options

Definitions of soft option
  1. noun
    an easier alternative
    “the instructor took the soft option and gave the boy a passing grade”
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    type of:
    alternative, choice, option
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
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