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granting

ADJECTIVE

permitting

Synonyms

STRONG

allowing authorizing letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

although

Synonyms

WEAK

admitting albeit despite despite the fact even if even supposing granting all this in spite of much as notwithstanding still supposing though when whereas while yet

NOUN

agreement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord arrangement compliance compromise concession mediation reconciliation understanding

STRONG

accession accommodation accordance adjustment affiliation affinity alliance amity approving arbitration assenting bargaining compatibility concert concord concordance conformity congruity consistency correspondence harmony similarity suitableness sympathy union unison verification

WEAK

acceding acknowledging authorizing complying concurring endorsing ratifying verifying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

denial difference disagreement dissension dissent fight refusal

STRONG

discord disharmony dislike dissimilarity disunity divorce hatred hostility incompatibility separation

NOUN

giving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offering

STRONG

allowing awarding bequeathing ceding conferring contributing conveying dispensing distributing donating endowing expending furnishing imparting permitting presenting remitting supplying transferring yielding

WEAK

doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriating getting taking

NOUN

issue

Synonyms

STRONG

circulation delivery dispersion dissemination issuance issuing publication supply supplying

WEAK

sending out

Antonyms

WEAK

cause origin parent source

Example Sentences

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He pointed to a 1999 state law granting Hood County’ special powers to protect the watershed feeding Lake Granbury and the Brazos River in unincorporated areas.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

"The granting of those licences will not necessarily translate into cheaper bills, but it will translate into higher tax receipts," he added.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In Maine, enrollment in a program granting $500 to newborns switched from 40% to 100%.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would only grant adjustment of status—the formal name for granting a green card inside the country—in “extraordinary circumstances.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"I must speak with you, Your Grace," she said, granting him a king's style for once, anything to make him heed her.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

granting

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