overlook

To fail to notice, consider, or include something.

• Investigators overlooked a critical clue during the initial search.

• Did anyone overlook these discrepancies in the final report?

To provide a view of something from an elevated vantage point.

• Our hotel balcony overlooked the entire harbor.

• The new apartment complex overlooks a quiet public park.

To intentionally ignore an error or minor offense rather than punish or correct it.

• The manager agreed to overlook her tardiness because of the storm.

• Can you overlook his blunt remark this one time?