lenience

Example Sentences

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Alex is told to co-operate in exchange for "lenience" – but says he wants to seek legal advice.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Anger at the jury’s lenience swept through San Francisco, especially its gay community.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

While asking for lenience, Mr. Avenatti’s lawyers cited his history of championing “the voiceless and powerless.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

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 Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright