Synonyms for overlook
ˌoʊ vərˈlʊk; ˈoʊ vərˌlʊkover·look

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1. overlookverb

   To pardon is to let pass, as a fault or sin, without resentment, blame, or punishment. Forgive has reference to feelings, pardon to consequences; hence, the executive may pardon, but has nothing to do officially with forgiving. Personal injury may be forgiven by the person wronged; thus, God at once forgives and pardons; the pardoned sinner is exempt from punishment; the forgiven sinner is restored to the divine favor. To pardon is the act of a superior, implying the right to punish; to forgive is the privilege of the humblest person who has been wronged or offended. In law, to remit the whole penalty is equivalent to pardoning the offender; but a part of a penalty may be remitted and the remainder inflicted, as where the penalty includes both fine and imprisonment. To condone is to put aside a recognized offense by some act which restores the offender to forfeited right or privilege, and is the act of a private individual, without legal formalities. To excuse is to overlook some slight offense, error, or breach of etiquette; pardon is often used by courtesy in nearly the same sense. A person may speak of excusing or forgiving himself, but not of pardoning himself. Compare ABSOLVE; PARDON, n.

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, pardon, pass by, pass over, remit

   Antonyms:
   castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, convict, correct, doom, punish, recompense, scourge, sentence, visit

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1. overlook

   Synonyms:
   condone, connive, disregard, oversee, supervise, inspect, survey, review, excuse, pardon, forgive, neglect

   Antonyms:
   visit, scrutinize, investigate, mark

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1. overlookverb

   a high place affording a good view

2. overlookverb

   look past, fail to notice

   Synonyms:
   drop, look out over, omit, command, neglect, overtop, pretermit, overleap, look out on, miss, look across, leave out, dominate

3. look out on, look out over, overlook, look acrossverb

   be oriented in a certain direction

   "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"

   Synonyms:
   drop, look out over, omit, command, neglect, overtop, overleap, look out on, pretermit, look across, leave out, dominate, miss

4. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleapverb

   leave undone or leave out

   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

   Synonyms:
   unload, overleap, dribble, lose, drip, vault, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, fail, dominate, fell, degenerate, deteriorate, look out over, leave off, lack, ignore, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, take out, devolve, expend, exclude, dangle, send away, set down, flatten, look across, swing, cast off, strike down, throw off, escape, neglect, overtop, command, except, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, knock off, look out on, miss, throw away, disregard, shed, omit

5. dominate, command, overlook, overtopverb

   look down on

   "The villa dominates the town"

   Synonyms:
   neglect, eclipse, dominate, reign, predominate, leave out, overshadow, overtop, omit, look out on, overleap, prevail, rule, look out over, miss, require, drop, command, look across, pretermit, control, master

6. overlookverb

   watch over

   "I am overlooking her work"

   Synonyms:
   drop, look out over, omit, command, neglect, overtop, pretermit, overleap, look out on, miss, look across, leave out, dominate

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1. overlookverb

   Synonyms:
   superintend, supervise, oversee, inspect, have charge of

2. overlookverb

   Synonyms:
   excuse, forgive, pardon, pass over, forgive and forget

3. overlookverb

   Synonyms:
   disregard, neglect, miss, BLINK, pass by, be inattentive to, not notice, not think of

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1. overlookverb

   Synonyms:
   supervise, oversee, inspect, overhaul, examine, neglect, disregard, skip, slight, ignore, condone, connive at, forgive

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1. List of paraphrases for "overlook":

   ignore, forget, neglect, disregard, underestimate, condone

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1. Amy Ridenour:

   The three adults in the New Jersey case may all be excellent parents individually, but they should not have tried to create a family together, surely they knew at the outset that their ‘family’ had unequal support for one of the three adults and was inherently unstable as a result. Possibly their enthusiasm for raising a child caused them to overlook this fact, but it could not be overlooked for 18 years.

2. Rod Rosenstein:

   Most people are familiar with the first clause of our oath, the requirement to 'support and defend the Constitution.' But some overlook the final clause: to 'well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office,' the first obligation is generic. It imposes a duty to pursue the national interest over any private interest. That applies equally to all government employees.

3. H.W. Mann:

   When we focus on what has happened. When we focus on what will happen. We overlook what is happening. We can only live in this moment. While regretting the past, we are depressed. While worrying about the future, we are anxious. While present, we are at peace. The present is a gift. Open it.

4. Yale University Professor Carlos Eire:

   I have become marginalized here at Yale because of my political views, about 97 percent of the Yale faculty is liberal, and thinks Castro has done great things and that you should overlook his human rights abuses.

5. Aaron Reuben:

   Simply put, clean water is a requirement for health, well-being, productivity, and dignity - and we are failing our citizens in providing for this basic necessity. We feel that the residents of Flint who lived through the water crisis have been remarkably resilient - and yet there is still a large, unmet need for mental health services to address the psychological impacts of the event, which are reflected in very high rates of diagnosable depression and PTSD across The Flint community, the lesson for communities like Jackson, MS, is to not overlook psychological injury, and to not assume that, just because community members are resilient, they could not benefit from services to address the psychological scars of a long-term water crisis.