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present participle of allow.

allowing

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lenient adj.
permissive adj.
permitting adj.
though conj.
acknowledgment n.
giving n.

ADJECTIVE

lenient

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benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant

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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

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hateful merciless

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hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

permissive

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indulgent lax open-minded tolerant

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acquiescent agreeable approving easygoing forbearing free latitudinarian liberal permitting susceptible

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strict

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intolerant mean

ADJECTIVE

permitting

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authorizing granting letting licensing sanctioning tolerating

WEAK

lenient permissive

CONJUNCTION

though

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although even if even though yet

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despite the fact notwithstanding

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albeit despite

NOUN

acknowledgment

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acceptance admission affirmation assent assertion concession confession confirmation corroboration realization recognition

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accession acquiescence allowance avowal compliance conceding concurrence declaration profession ratification yielding

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admitting asservation

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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

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doling out handing out passing out

Antonyms

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appropriating getting taking

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allowing

Quigley said he views AI as a “capacity multiplier,” allowing companies to accomplish more, rather than as a technology designed to cut costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The commissioner called for media regulator Ofcom to take its responsibilities "seriously" and crack down on companies allowing inappropriate material to be on their sites.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s also about setting mental boundaries and allowing yourself to be free of this thought pattern.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Unsettling to many, beloved by more, he refused to explain his work, allowing and challenging his audience to parse through it and imbue their own meanings and discoveries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

If he could convince Molly to help him reason with Clara, surely he could convince her that allowing Ashmodai to tear into the fabric of this world would not end well for any of them.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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