A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.
Normally a visitor does not participate in one activity to the exclusion of others. One main activity, such as swimming, will be supplemented by other activities and use of other facilities, such as picnicking, hiking, stopping at an overlook, and so forth.
To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
Our hotel room overlooks the lake.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
From Middle English overloken; equivalent to over- + look.
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To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.