Allow and Balking

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Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
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Balking is an antonym for allow.
Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Balking

Balking adjective - Stopping short and refusing to go on.
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Antonyms for Balking
Allow is an antonym for balking in thwart topic.
Nearby Words: balk, balked, balky
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  • Music / Pretenders It was her love of animal rights that caused her to allow Rush Limbaugh to continue using "My City Was Gone" after initially balking at it; she donates the licence fees to PETA (who Rush sided with against the EPA on animal testing).
    Source: Music / Pretenders
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