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make allowance

VERB
bear with
Synonyms
WEAK
be patient endure forbear put up with suffer wait
Antonyms
WEAK
not bear not tolerate
VERB
forgive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolve condone excuse forget
STRONG
acquit amnesty clear commute efface exculpate exempt exonerate extenuate overlook palliate pocket purge release relent remit reprieve respite spring
WEAK
accept apology allow for bear no malice bear with bury the hatchet dismiss from mind kiss and make up laugh off let bygones be bygones let it go let off let off easy let pass let up on think no more of turn other cheek wink at wipe the slate clean
Antonyms
STRONGEST
condemn
STRONG
accuse blame hold increase keep maintain sentence
WEAK
censure charge punish
VERB
rationalize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
justify
STRONG
deliberate elucidate excise excuse extenuate reason reconcile resolve think vindicate
WEAK
account for apply logic cop a plea cop out explain away give alibi intellectualize reason out think through

Example Sentences

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"The welfare of the men is a priority, they will need time and support, and we hope and trust our media and community will make allowance for this."

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020

Hutton believes, plausibly enough, that popular notions of fairness do make allowance for luck.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010

If the reader can make allowance for the author's own hysterical anti-hysteria, Booker's survey makes a fascinating study of what he regards as a national epidemic of self-deception.

From Time Magazine Archive

The voice is so gently reproving that o'connell must turn to him. o'connell.   Will you please to make allowance, Lord Charles, for a mediaeval scholar's contempt of modern government?

From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Granville-Barker, Harley