Allow and Bans

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Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Bans is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

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Allow is an antonym for bans in officially forbid topic.

It's commonly believed that China bans all movies concerning Time Travel, as Chinese culture has so much respect for its ancestors that it will not allow a depiction of them that will necessarily be somewhat inaccurate.

Source: Bannedin China / China

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