leeway

  1. Noun.  The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.
  2. Noun.  A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom.
  3. Noun.  (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

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