Leeway

Noun

 * 1) The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) * 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 -strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results;
 * 1)  An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

Synonyms

 * freedom, flexibility, latitude, wiggle room

Related terms

 * lee
 * leeward

Thesaurus
aesthetic distance, air space, ample scope, blank check, caesura, carte blanche, clearance, compass, deep space, depths of space, discontinuity, distance, distance between, divergence, double space, drift, driftway, elbowroom, em space, en space, extent, farness, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, freeboard, freedom, full scope, full swing, hair space, half space, headroom, headway, hiatus, infinity, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, jump, lacuna, latitude, leap, length, light-years, long rope, maneuvering space, margin, mileage, no holds barred, open space, parsecs, perspective, piece, play, progress, range, reach, remoteness, room, room to spare, rope, scope, sea room, separation, single space, slack, space, space between, span, spare room, steerageway, sternway, stretch, stride, swing, time interval, tolerance, way, ways, wide berth

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian: deriva


 * Japanese: [avation] 風圧量 (ふうあつりょう, fūatsuryō); [marine] 偏流量 (へんりゅうりょう, henryūryō)
 * Swedish: avdrift


 * Finnish: pelivara, liikkumavara
 * Italian: margine di azione


 * Japanese: 余地 (よち, yochi), 余裕 (よゆう, yoyū)