leeway

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leeways

1.
(countable, uncountable)The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
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, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”, Within an expression that is not FP-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; […]
Đồng nghĩa: freedom, flexibility, latitude, margin, wiggle room, elbowroom
3.
(British, countable, uncountable)An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.

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freedomflexibilitylatitude marginwiggle roomelbowroom

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From lee + way.