Allow
Given up
Both terms in one sentence
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Yong Qi would have given up Xiao Yan Zi and allowed Er Tai to woo her, in order to both allow Er Tai his best friend to be happy and to get Xiao Yan Zi out of an unwanted engagement.
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Yong Qi would have given up Xiao Yan Zi and allowed Er Tai to woo her, in order to both allow Er Tai—his best friend—to be happy and to get Xiao Yan Zi out of an unwanted engagement.
Source: I Want My Beloved to Be Happy - He was willing to allow his team to hate him and consider it a betrayal (and they did, especially Cordelia) just to keep them from getting darker as well and instead stick to the good fight he'd given up on.
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