allow for (v.)

• admit
• allow
• color
• concede
• condone
• consider
• diminish
• discount
• disregard
• ease
• endure
• extenuate
• grant
• ignore
• lessen
• mince
• mitigate
• overlook
• palliate
• relax
• soft-pedal
• soften
• take
• varnish
• waive
• whitewash