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leniency

[ lee-nee-uhn-see, leen-yuhn- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural le·ni·en·cies.

First recorded in 1770–80; leni(ent) + -ency

The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.

The self-declared caliphate is targeting its leniency, such as it is, along strictly sectarian lines.

Nobody really expected leniency, but still there was hope because the charges against the journalists were so far-fetched.

You are only entitled to such leniency if you tell the truth.

But neither the failure of his plans nor his guilty plea brought leniency.

With regard to the able-bodied pauper, at any rate for the first fifteen years after 1871, there was to be no leniency.

We are willing, however, to offer a leniency not required by the circumstances.

Surely leniency is the most becoming of all virtues, even in persons who have least need of anyone's indulgence.

And this leniency and forgiveness were the more remarkable, since he was not demonstrative in his affections and friendships.

I am thus confident of your leniency, because it seems to me that my case is not only a plain, but an interesting one.

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