English to French Meaning of leeway - dérive

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Definitions of leeway in English

Noun(1) (of a ship or plane(2) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Examples of leeway in English

(1) And I think the press is at least giving them leeway now to make those moves.(2) Our readers have a fair amount of leeway in choosing where they earn those frequent-traveler points.(3) Up here in the still vastness there is no margin for error, no wiggle room, no leeway between getting it right and dying.(4) Certainly, the government deserves a significant amount of leeway when it comes to endorsing the current administration.(5) Because of it she had been given more freedom and leeway then other daughters of kings.(6) We did allow some leeway , some flexibility, if experience overrode not having a high school diploma.(7) the government had greater leeway to introduce reforms(8) Speaking to the Sligo Weekender, Mayor Devins said the Minister had given the Council a certain amount of leeway .(9) the government had several months' leeway to introduce reforms(10) It is not clear what leeway the Court will grant Congress to interpret and enforce constitutional rights.(11) the leeway is only about 2Ôö¼Ôûæ(12) ├ö├ç├┐Besides, the hectic academic schedule does not provide them any leeway ,├ö├ç├û he says.(13) The justices refused to backtrack from a 5-4 decision that struck down a state sentencing system because it gave judges too much leeway in sentencing.(14) A common (but not universal) view in Asia of how aid should be managed is to allow benefactor nations leeway to implement their own reforms.(15) The incident outraged the international press and eventually forced Soviet officials to give leeway to the independent artists.(16) there is little leeway if anything goes wrong

(1) leeward ::

côté sous le vent

Synonyms

Noun

1. freedom ::

liberté

2. scope ::

portée

3. latitude ::

latitude

4. space ::

espace

5. room ::

chambre

6. liberty ::

liberté

8. license ::

Licence

9. free hand ::

main libre

10. free rein ::

libre cours

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