leniency

He had visited Ellis in prison and received her agreement to an appeal to the Home Secretary for clemency - or leniency - but it was denied.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Those who advocate for leniency on EM debt often fall into the trap of permitting caveats and special treatments that ultimately worsen the situation for developing countries.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

It’s doubtful that Ross or any judge would exhibit such leniency from the bench when confronted with litigants’ similar misconduct.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Debra “Deb” Kahookele, who is running for City Council, acknowledged the difficulties in holding a large festival but said, “there’s always a little bit of leniency when it comes to certain things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

The Russian prime minister, Leonid Brezhnev, wrote to Dr. Verwoerd asking for leniency.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

An executive at an Ohio company that makes natural gas engines argued that natural gas engines deserved the same regulatory leniencies as electric engines, which generate less pollution.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2020

The new legislation raised the threshold to $100 billion and instructed the Fed to consider leniencies for even larger banks.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

U.S. business has turned patron in a big way, partly out of tax leniencies, partly out of a new sense of community responsibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

The apparent firmness of their control was enabling the Reds to introduce important leniencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The town, as Cantapresto had long since advised him, had its secret leniencies, its posterns opening on clandestine pleasure; but there was that in Odo which early turned him from such cheap counterfeits of living.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith