allowing

present participle and gerund of allow

(ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
(catenative, transitive) To permit, to give permission to.
To not bar or obstruct.
(transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
(transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
(transitive) To render physically possible.
(obsolete, transitive) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
(transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
(Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.