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Leeway

noun

(of a ship or plane) sideways drift.

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance.

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"Leeway" Quotes from Famous Books

... everything on this, sir. I'm no Rank Private in his first fracas. I deserve to be given some leeway." ...

— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... just about what I'd figured. I've been fishin' in this 'hole' for something like forty years, off and on, and I've found out that these here sunfish get through breakfast at exactly eighteen minutes past nine. I always allow about ten minutes' leeway in case one or two of 'em might have been out late the night before or something,—but as a general thing they're pretty dog-goned prompt for breakfast. Specially in August. Even a fish is lazy in August. Look at that fish-worm. By gosh, it's BOILED! That shows ...

— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon

... must be done now, when immunity from actual conflict gives us a merciful leeway. More than ever before, we shall face united business fronts. Therefore, co-operation among competitors is necessary to ...

— The War After the War • Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Words linked to "Leeway" : tolerance, margin, ship, disagreement, divergence, aeroplane, plane, variance, allowance, drift, airplane, discrepancy