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allow

verb
  1. To neither forbid nor prevent: have, let, permit, suffer, tolerate. See allow
  2. To give one's consent to: approbate, approve, authorize, consent, endorse, let, permit, sanction. Informal: OK. See allow
  3. To afford an opportunity for: admit, let, permit. See allow
  4. To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collect
  5. Chiefly Regional. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, grant, own (up). Slang: fess up. See affirm, knowledge

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