Antonyms for make allowances
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-lou-uhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaʊ əns |
Definition of make allowances
Origin :- late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from c.1400. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is literally to add or deduct a sum from someone's account for some special circumstance. Figurative use of the phrase is attested from 1670s.
- As in justify : verb legitimize, substantiate
- As in extenuate : verb lessen, mitigate
- She had always been disposed to make allowances for herself, so why not for others?
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Your husband is proud and he has peculiarities of temper which we have all to make allowances for.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- "Oh, I make allowances for all that," Thorpe began, vaguely.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- Most of you know it, and you judge us accordingly and make allowances.
- Extract from : « Adam Johnstone's Son » by F. Marion Crawford
- I think that, for the future, you and I must consult one another and make allowances.
- Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Eliza, with her sensitive, unforgiving nature, could not make allowances.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- You know, Betty, you've got to make allowances for people, or you'd never get along with 'em.
- Extract from : « We Ten » by Lyda Farrington Kraus
- He feels rather ashamed of himself; but perhaps I should make allowances.
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- But somehow you know who they are and where they came from, and make allowances.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- "Mr. Pertell will have to make allowances," said Russ, quickly.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays » by Laura Lee Hope
Synonyms for make allowances
- absolve
- acquit
- advocate
- alibi
- answer for
- apologize for
- approve
- argue for
- assert
- be answerable for
- bear out
- brief
- claim
- clear
- condone
- confirm
- contend
- cop a plea
- countenance
- crawl
- decrease
- defend
- diminish
- do justice to
- downplay
- establish
- exculpate
- excuse
- exonerate
- explain
- favor
- justify
- legalize
- maintain
- make allowances
- make good
- minimize
- moderate
- palliate
- pardon
- plead
- qualify
- rationalize
- rebut
- reduce
- show cause
- soften
- speak in favor
- square
- stand up for
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vindicate
- warrant
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