allowing for
Making room for
Allowing for means taking something into account or making accommodation for it when planning or judging: Allowing for traffic, we should leave by six.
The phrase acknowledges factors that might affect an outcome: Even allowing for his inexperience, that was a poor performance.
It suggests adjustment rather than excuse—you factor something in without necessarily excusing it.
- in light ofGiven certain facts
- bearing in mindRemembering while deciding
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- slackAbsence of tautness
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
wiggle room · budgeting · adjustment · compensating · margin · tolerance · planning · flexibility · accommodation · evaluation · adapting · mitigating · anticipation · foresight · just in case · worst case scenario · reasoning · estimation
allowing forignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · dismissing · overlooking · neglecting · discounting
allowing forforbidding
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
prohibiting · ruling out · excluding · preventing · disallowing
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