(n.) The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
Example Sentences:
(1) Investigators have frequently noted a leniency bias in mock jury research, in which deliberation appears to induce greater leniency in criminal mock jurors.
(2) SC Johnson, Colgate and Henkel, which alerted the competiton watchdog, will benefit from varying degrees of leniency, with Mr Muscle maker SC Johnson receiving total immunity.
(3) The Valencia official, who is apparently known in La Liga for his leniency, was marked out after drawing regular praise from the Portuguese over his three-year spell coaching Real Madrid.
(4) The referee, Martin Atkinson, could feasibly have shown four red cards and his leniency was starting to feel absurd when Danny Welbeck lunged in two-footed on Cesc Fàbregas during the closing exchanges and it was deemed worthy only of a booking.
(5) There was similar leniency from Alberto Mallenco at the opposite end as Gordon Greer was late on Robert Lewandowski.
(6) On Tuesday Khamenei used the expression "heroic leniency", which is being interpreted as a euphemism for a softer stance on foreign policy.
(7) Before sentencing, the soldiers' private lawyers pleaded for leniency, saying some of the defendants supported aged parents, others were the sole breadwinners in their family, and some of them had served in the army for 10 years, including in foreign peacekeeping missions.
(8) Although there have been a string of precedents in which clubs lost points for selecting ineligible players, Premier League rules allow scope for leniency in situations such as Ji's which involve a lack of international clearance.
(9) UBS, as the first bank to reveal the existence of investigations into Libor , is receiving leniency for co-operating with inquiries.
(10) I tried to make small talk with him to buy some leniency, telling him I was just a reporter.
(11) There have been a number of disturbing instances recently of such leniency, but at the moment they are not offences that can be referred.
(12) But the commutations are particularly significant because they are the first issued under new guidelines announced this year designed to cut costs by reducing the nation’s bulging prison population and grant leniency to nonviolent drug offenders sentenced to double-digit terms.
(13) Analysts say her freedom provided a way for the politicised court to show leniency in a case that won attention around the world.
(14) Arsenal's manager felt Naismith and Leighton Baines should also have been cautioned for fouls on Mikel Arteta and Santi Cazorla respectively but leniency from the referee, Martin Atkinson, was the least of his worries.
(15) Agüero had gone round Trapp before being taken down and the Spanish official plainly thought the angle the ball was heading meant there should be some leniency.
(16) Kilmister adds: "We have tried to argue that this [leniency deal] is totally undeserved and unjust and an insult to the elderly people who have suffered financial exploitation at Peverel's hands."
(17) It appeared, however, that there was more leniency toward time off from work to accompany children to appointments in the military population.
(18) My respected sir, I’m asking for forgiveness and leniency from you so that my sentence can be lightened.” LBH Masyarakat (@LBHMasyarakat) Here is a personal letter from Merri Utami to President Joko Widodo, asking for forgiveness.
(19) New York prosecutors detailed the cooperation of Hector Xavier Monsegur for the first time in court papers while asking a judge to reward him with leniency at his sentencing on Tuesday.
(20) In a final overall analysis, older adults were more lenient than the young in memory failure judgments, and their differential leniency was most apparent in judgments of the serious vignettes.
Severity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being severe.
(n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
(n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
(n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
(n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
Example Sentences:
(1) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
(2) The newborn with critical AS typically presents with severe cardiac failure and the infant with moderate failure, whereas children may be asymptomatic.
(3) The low affinity of several N1-alkylpyrroleethylamines suggests that the benzene portion of the alpha-methyltryptamines is necessary for significant affinity.
(4) The main clinical features pertaining to the concept of the "psycho-organic syndrome" (POS) were investigated in a sample of children who suffered from severe craniocerebral trauma.
(5) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(6) Collins said she asked Sullivan several questions, including who the women were.
(7) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(8) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
(9) Histological studies showed that the resulting pancreatitis was usually mild to moderate, being severe only in association with sepsis.
(10) An “out” vote would severely disrupt our lives, in an economic sense and a private sense.
(11) No consistent relationship could be found between the time interval from SAH to operation and the severity of vasospasm.
(12) Also we found that the lipid deposition in the glomeruli of patients with Alagille syndrome is related to an abnormal lipid metabolism, which is the consequence of severe cholestasis.
(13) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
(14) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(15) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(16) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
(17) The severity and site of hypertrophy is important in determining the clinical picture and the natural history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
(18) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
(19) To clarify the functional roles of His40, Glu58, and His92, we analyzed the consequences of several amino acid substitutions (His40Ala, His40Lys, His40Asp, Glu58Ala, Glu58Gln, and His92Gln) on the kinetics of GpC transesterification.
(20) Moreover, in DCVC-treated cells the mitochondria could not be stained with rhodamine-123, indicating severe mitochondrial damage and loss of membrane potential.