make allowance for (?.)
- 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