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allowing

ADJECTIVE

lenient

Synonyms

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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

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hateful merciless

WEAK

hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

permissive

Synonyms

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indulgent lax open-minded tolerant

WEAK

acquiescent agreeable approving easygoing forbearing free latitudinarian liberal permitting susceptible

Antonyms

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strict

WEAK

intolerant mean

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

authorizing granting letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

though

Synonyms

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although even if even though yet

STRONG

despite the fact notwithstanding

WEAK

albeit despite

NOUN

acknowledgment

Synonyms

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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

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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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Having the full range of testing facilities necessary to create a car in China cuts development times by 30%, the company says, allowing it to align more closely with local demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

During the first quarter, executives said, they had tried to bundle more hotel and entertainment offerings, allowing customers to stay at properties like the Luxor or Excalibur with access to dining across several other properties.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

All data collected by Roman will be publicly available, allowing researchers and citizen scientists alike to participate in the search for new worlds.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

For his part, Warsh argues that AI also will help drive down prices, allowing the Fed to cut rates sooner.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

I want to tell him about Isabella’s mom not allowing her to have a boyfriend or something, but my mouth won’t let me say it.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

allowing

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