Leniency in a sentence as a noun

It's a law that has a leniency in it.

" But if a male co-worker does the same, I don't think there's as much leniency.

By making it a single felony, they showed leniency to the offense in question.

I hated it for its leniency, for its forgiveness that ended up being suffocating.

I'm not saying that he should be given any kind of leniency or have anything be "excused" because of this.

Even if we forbad leniency, there'd still be ambiguous standards.

There was leniency in some cases, but manager/supervisor judgement was the only rule that mattered.

It doesn't just have a tendency or a leniency imposed by the fundamental platform constraints.

I would encourage some leniency with the deadline, especially since as far as I know for NYC, things won't be back to normal for quite a few days.

How, exactly, do pleas and charge reductions work when the person conducting the prosecution has none of the incentives for leniency that the state does?

To their base, they can say there is no net increase in immigration, and they've resisted on any leniency to the immigrants currently here in the US, including the poisonous word "amnesty.

"The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws.

Leniency definitions

noun

mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

See also: lenience mildness lenity

noun

a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"

See also: indulgence lenience

noun

lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers

See also: lenience