how to pronounce leniency

/ˈliːnjənsiː/

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leniency is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of leniency in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… more leniency in their quotas …”

meanings of leniency

noun:

The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
An act of being lenient.

leniency frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word leniency occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics leniency can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that leniency can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;