make allowance for

Also, make allowances for. Take into account extenuating circumstances, as in We have to make allowance for Jeff; he's very new to the business, or Grandma is always making allowances for the children's bad manners. [c. 1700]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lilavati	-	Indian, Hindi (Rare)
Pele	-	Polynesian Mythology
Boris	bah-REES (Russian), BO-ris (German), BAWR-is (English)	Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian, German, History
Marika	MAH-ree-kah (Finnish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian
Aldo	-	Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Germanic
Whittington	['hwitiŋtən]