Leniency Definition

Leniency Sentence Examples

• Flechier, by his leniency and tact, succeeded in bringing over some of them to his views, and even gained the esteem of those who declined to change their faith.

• Discontent at the leniency of these terms was so strong at Constantinople that it nearly brought on a renewal of the war.

• The leniency of the sentences indicates the comparatively trifling character of the wrongdoing.

• De la Gardie was treated with relative leniency, but he "received permission to retire to his estates for the rest of his life" and died there in comparative poverty, a mere shadow of his former magnificent self.

• This was made plain by the leniency of Athanasius towards Marcellus of Ancyra.