Definition
leniency: compassion, tolerance, moderation
to show leniency towards someone to demonstrate mercy, generosity, or moderation to someone
(a) lenient (person): (a) merciful, forgiving, tolerant (person)
- "However, I hope that providing you with some context to this incident might help convince you to show a bit of leniency towards my two colleagues."
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