Definition of Leniency. Meaning of Leniency. Synonyms of Leniency

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Definition of Leniency

Leniency
Lenience Le"ni*ence (l[=e]"n[i^]*ens or l[=e]n"yens; 106), Leniency Le"ni*en*cy (l[=e]"n[i^]*en*s[y^] or l[=e]n"yen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.

Meaning of Leniency from wikipedia

- Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces "price paid, wages", from Latin merc-, merxi "merchandise") is benevolence...
- reduction in penalties for cooperation with law enforcement under a written leniency agreement signed and agreed to between the companies and the government...
- Lenient Obia (born 1 August 1977) is a Nigerian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Obia qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke...
- demand. Leniency programmes were first introduced in 1978 in the US, before being successfully reformed in 1993. The underlying principle of a leniency program...
- Grade inflation (also known as grading leniency) is the general awarding of higher grades for the same quality of work over time, which devalues grades...
- phenomenon is also known as the above-average effect, the superiority bias, the leniency error, the sense of relative superiority, the primus inter pares effect...
- Clemency is the granting of leniency for a punishment, such as a pardon. Clemency or Clémency may also refer to: Clemency, Luxembourg, a town Clemency...
- that player may not reenter the game. Children's games often have more lenient rules, such as Little League rules, which allow players to be substituted...
- consider that the sentence might be unduly lenient. The Court of Appeal will only find a sentence to be unduly lenient, and increase it, if it falls outside...
- European Court of Human Rights cases. Prior to 1858, Ottoman Empire had "a lenient legal accommodation of same-**** intimacy". When prosecuted, the punishment...