lenience
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While at Pinellas County Jail, he testified against or volunteered information on more than two dozen defendants in exchange for lenience from prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
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
Into both have crept a lenience toward tendencies that are vicious and destructive.
From Home Missions in Action by Edith H. Allen
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