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Leniency refers to an authority figure's tendency to grant favors with regards to punishment of an offender. For example, if a teenager shoplifts, and the prescribed penalty is 100 hours of community service, the magistrate might show LENIENCY toward a first-time offender by putting the teen on probation rather than the full sentence.

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