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"degree of leniency" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a lenient attitude or judgement. For example, "The judge allowed for a degree of leniency for the first-time offender."
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We should see it with some degree of leniency.
Finally, it will be significant to see what degree of leniency in regard to Cohen's sentence Mueller recommends.
Parents often try assuaging their own feelings of culpability for a relationship breakdown by allowing a damaging degree of leniency.
So if the egotistical Frenchman has it in him to be penitent, I believe the FA should treat him with a degree of leniency and not inflict a life sentence.
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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.
This harsh provision is compounded by a law stipulating that second-degree murderers should serve a minimum of 15 years in prison, no matter how immature, remorseful or otherwise deserving of leniency they may be.
"There's a certain amount of leniency required.
The Mutiny Act, then, was no measure of leniency for soldiers.
This assertion is met with disbelief and accusations of "leniency".
It deprives the police of discretion, and the public of leniency.
Within hours, however, another apparent case of leniency toward a pedophile priest emerged.
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