Allow vs. Condone

Allowverb

(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

‘to allow a servant his liberty;’; ‘to allow a free passage;’; ‘to allow one day for rest’;

Condoneverb

(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

Allowverb

(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

‘to allow a right;’; ‘to allow a claim;’; ‘to allow the truth of a proposition’;

Condoneverb

(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

Allowverb

(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

‘To allow a sum for leakage.’;

Condoneverb

To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

Allowverb

(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.

‘To allow a son to be absent.’; ‘Smoking allowed only in designated areas.’;

Condoneverb

To pardon; to forgive.

‘A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.’; ‘It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns.’;

Allowverb

To not bar or obstruct.

‘Although I don't consent to their holding such meetings, I will allow them for the time being.’;

Condoneverb

To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; - said of either the husband or the wife.

Allowverb

(intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.

Condoneverb

excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;

‘excuse someone's behavior’; ‘She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities’;

Allowverb

(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.

‘When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.’;

Condoneverb

accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive)

‘the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs’;

Allowverb

(transitive) To render physically possible.

Condoneverb

approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance

‘those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later’;

Allowverb

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

Allowverb

(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.

Allowverb

To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Allowverb

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

‘Ye allow the deeds of your fathers.’; ‘We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning.’;

Allowverb

To like; to be suited or pleased with.

‘How allow you the model of these clothes?’;

Allowverb

To sanction; to invest; to intrust.

‘Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power.’;

Allowverb

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.

‘He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year.’;

Allowverb

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.

‘I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible.’;

Allowverb

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

Allowverb

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

Allowverb

To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

‘Allowing still for the different ways of making it.’;

Allowverb

make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;

‘This permits the water to rush in’; ‘This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement’; ‘This will permit the rain to run off’;

Allowverb

consent to, give permission;

‘She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband’; ‘I won't let the police search her basement’; ‘I cannot allow you to see your exam’;

Allowverb

let have;

‘grant permission’; ‘Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison’;

Allowverb

give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

‘I will earmark this money for your research’;

Allowverb

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

‘This leaves no room for improvement’; ‘The evidence allows only one conclusion’; ‘allow for mistakes’; ‘leave lots of time for the trip’; ‘This procedure provides for lots of leeway’;

Allowverb

allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something;

‘I allow for this possibility’; ‘The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash’;

Allowverb

afford possibility;

‘This problem admits of no solution’; ‘This short story allows of several different interpretations’;

Allowverb

allow the other (baseball) team to score;

‘give up a run’;

Allowverb

grant as a discount or in exchange;

‘The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera’;

Allowverb

allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;

‘We don't allow dogs here’; ‘Children are not permitted beyond this point’; ‘We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital’;