Noun

(wikipedia leeway) (en noun)

The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.

A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom.

I don't think we have a lot of leeway when it comes to proper formatting.

* 2005 , James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition , Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0321246780, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”,

Within an expression that is not (comment)-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results;

(British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

Noun

The condition of being free from control or restrictions.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-07-05, volume=412, issue=8894, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Freedom fighter , passage=[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.}}

The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.

Freedom from excessive government control.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14, author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins

, volume=188, issue=2, page=23, date=2012-12-21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty .}}

A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

A breach of social convention (often liberties ).

A local government unit in medieval England – see .