<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.</li><li>a degree of freedom of action or thought: His instructions gave us plenty of leeway.</li><li>Synonyms: flexibility, cushion, latitude</li><li>Also called: sag.</li><li>Nautical: the amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading.</li><li>Aeronautics: the amount a plane is blown off its normal course by cross winds.</li></ul>