"extend leniency" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to show mercy or forgiveness towards someone who has done wrong. Example: The judge decided to extend leniency to the first-time offender and gave him a lighter sentence. Another example: The company's CEO announced that they would extend leniency to their employees who were struggling during the pandemic by offering flexible work arrangements.
But the proposed loosening of the act's regulations goes beyond guitars, to extend leniency to importers of foreign "non-solid wood products".
If we extend leniency that far, we betray our children.' Mr Major promised a crackdown on pornography, with possession of child pornography becoming a criminal offence, but he added: 'Fighting crime is not just a matter for the police or government.
In the face of recent, traumatic events is there any chance that you will extend leniency to the defendant standing in the dock - even if the case is unrelated, and even if leniency for him in his particular situation is truly warranted?
It also comes as judges around the country have been extending leniency in their sentencing of veterans.
Consequently, early Japanese law extended leniency to offenders who voluntarily confessed and were thought to be sincerely remorseful.
Unlike their counterparts in Asia, however, sectarian and secular authorities in Europe rarely extended leniency to those who confessed to wrongdoing.
'By the Defendant: That is right; yes, sir. 'By the Court: Will you explain to me why the Court should extend any leniency to you? 'By the Court: We have trusted you twice before and you have never complied with any of the conditions that you were paroled on.
On Oct. 4, 2001, in an internal memorandum, CSX's executive vice president for transportation, Al Crown, quoted the agency as saying it had "extended extreme leniency in this matter".
Tag yourself I am this palm extended for leniency, defender of the pissy dog, I will die for this piss dog, I love it with my life.
Hartnett indicated that he will extend the same leniency to other corporations when he said he wanted a less combative approach to business.
The problem with dismissing out of hand the criminalisation of minors is that it could extend to showing leniency to 17-year-olds who make and distribute images of younger teens.
