Definitions for leniency
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1. lenience, leniency, mildness, lenitynoun

   mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant

2. indulgence, lenience, leniencynoun

   a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

   "too much indulgence spoils a child"

3. lenience, leniencynoun

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

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1. leniencynoun

   The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.

   The convicted felon asked for leniency, but because the crime was so heinous the judge refused and gave the maximum sentence.

2. leniencynoun

   An act of being lenient.

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1. leniency

   Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts. In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.

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1. Leniencynoun

   the quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency

Matched Categories

1. • Permissiveness
   • Tolerance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of leniency in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of leniency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of leniency in a Sentence

1. Jeff Kane:

   They said, 'If you don't start telling the truth, we're going to offer you or your boyfriend the chance to tell the truth, and whoever goes first will get leniency,' i believe when the truth comes out, people are going to look at each other and say, 'That is the most horrific story I've ever heard. I can't imagine what she's gone through.'.

2. Alex Capri:

   No Chinese company can openly challenge the Chinese Communist Party and expect leniency.

3. Carlos Lima:

   There are more, there are leniency agreements underway that talk about this, but until they are finalized we will not know how many (projects) for sure.

4. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

5. Alex Capri:

   No Chinese company can openly challenge the Chinese Communist Party and expect leniency, [Didi] is too big and too powerful for its own good and its has already crossed a threshold with China's leadership.

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