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allowing

ADJECTIVE
lenient
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant
WEAK
amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hateful merciless
WEAK
hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe
ADJECTIVE
permissive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
indulgent lax open-minded tolerant
WEAK
acquiescent agreeable approving easygoing forbearing free latitudinarian liberal permitting susceptible
Antonyms
STRONGEST
strict
WEAK
intolerant mean
ADJECTIVE
permitting
Synonyms
STRONG
authorizing granting letting licensing sanctioning tolerating
WEAK
lenient permissive
CONJUNCTION
though
Synonyms
STRONGEST
although even if even though yet
STRONG
despite the fact notwithstanding
WEAK
albeit despite
NOUN
acknowledgment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptance admission affirmation assent assertion concession confession confirmation corroboration realization recognition
STRONG
accession acquiescence allowance avowal compliance conceding concurrence declaration profession ratification yielding
WEAK
admitting asservation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial disagreement dissent refusal rejection repudiation veto
NOUN
giving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
offering
STRONG
awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing granting imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding
WEAK
doling out handing out passing out
Antonyms
WEAK
appropriating getting taking

Example Sentences

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This experience taught me the importance of keeping calm in tense situations, choosing restraint over reaction, and allowing space for others to reflect and make amends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

This method physically expands brain tissue, allowing scientists to label proteins and view them in extremely high detail.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Bayern's front three has a clear structure, with Diaz setting up on the left, Olise off the right and Kane down the middle - allowing for reliable week-by-week output.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Parcell got his job back, allowing him to coach for year No. 33 in 2025 and year No. 34 this season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Vostok’s braking rocket fired, a small rocket that slowed the ship down, allowing gravity to pull it back toward Earth.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin