English-Italian translations for leniency

• clemenza
  Il terrorismo è un crimine che non merita clemenza. Terrorism is a crime which deserves no leniency.
  In alcuni paesi la Commissione ha esaurito la sua severità e in altri il Consiglio ha esaurito la sua clemenza. In some countries, the Commission has exhausted its strictness, and in others the Council has exhausted its leniency.
  – Signor Presidente, desidero protestare per la clemenza mostrata dal Presidente pakistano Musharraf dopo la confessione televisiva del dottor Abdul Qadeer Khan. Mr President, I would like to protest at the leniency shown by President Musharraf of Pakistan to the television confession of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.
• indulgenza
  Se questo lede l'intero gruppo politico, allora chiedo indulgenza! If that is an insult to the entire group, I can only beg for leniency!
  I fatti degli ultimi tempi mostrano che la democrazia non è ottenibile con l'indulgenza. Recent developments show that democracy cannot be achieved through leniency.
  Ritengo quindi che qualsiasi dimostrazione di indulgenza da parte dell’Unione europea sia fuori luogo. I therefore believe that any display of leniency by the European Union would be out of place.

Definition of leniency

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

Examples

• The convicted felon asked for leniency, but because the crime was so heinous the judge refused and gave the maximum sentence.

Related words

• lenient
• leniently
• lenience
• lenient harmless
• be lenient with