1. We treated them with leniency [ courtesy ]. 我们对他们很宽大[客气]。
2. The judge promised leniency if the offender confessed. 如果罪犯认罪，法官答应从宽发落。
3. The new guidelines strike a balance between sentence severity and leniency. 新标准实现了严重判刑及宽大处理之间的平衡。
英英解释
n.
1. mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
2. a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
3. lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
