#allowance  the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
  supertype:  permit__license__permission  the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
  subtype:  tolerance  the act of tolerating something
     subtype:  lenience__leniency  lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
        subtype:  clemency__mercifulness__mercy  leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
           subtype:  re-sentencing__commutation  the reduction is severity of a punishment imposed by law
           subtype:  free_pardon__amnesty__pardon  the formal act of liberating someone
           subtype:  reprieve__respite  the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

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