leniency
noun
the quality or state of being lenient.
lenience
-
a variation of
leniency.
Example Sentences
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While at Pinellas County Jail, he testified against or volunteered information on more than two dozen defendants in exchange for lenience from prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Lowe also said she had written to the council for "some lenience" after lambing season and her health problems.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Anger at the jury’s lenience swept through San Francisco, especially its gay community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Minari’s Alan Kim probably gets dress-code lenience for his red-carpet shorts because he’s a kid, and because they’re Thom Browne.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2021
If I thought it would be of any use, I should like to supplicate you most humbly to deal with lenience when you come to tax these people who are under you.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
