'make allowance for' definitions:
Synonyms of 'make allowance for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit,
- admit exceptions,
- allow,
- allow for,
- bear with,
- blink at,
- color,
- concede,
- condone,
- connive at,
- consider,
- consider the circumstances,
- consider the source,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disregard,
- ease,
- endure,
- extenuate,
- gloss over,
- grant,
- ignore,
- leave unavenged,
- lessen,
- let it go,
- lift temporarily,
- make allowances for,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- overlook,
- palliate,
- pass over,
- pocket the affront,
- provide for,
- regard with indulgence,
- relax,
- relax the condition,
- set aside,
- slur over,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- take,
- take account of,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- varnish,
- waive,
- whitewash,
- wink at