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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

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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Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. are better positioned because they invested in pipelines to the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman, allowing each to bypass Hormuz for roughly half its prewar exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act would waive air-pollution restrictions allowing for the sale of gasoline blended with 15% ethanol in summer months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Xanadu Quantum Technologies: Less than two months after its U.S. trading debut, Xanadu stock cratered when the company filed a prospectus allowing shareholders to register their stock for sale.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In a post on social media, he appeared to support allowing Burnham to stand as the party's candidate in the Makerfield by-election, saying he had "the best chance of winning".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

He walked casually around the perimeter of the circle, allowing everyone a closer look before stopping in the middle of the platform.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

allowing

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