Allow and Bind

Opposite meaning words

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

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Bind is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Bind verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.

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Allow is an antonym for bind in topics: fasten, obligate.

Nearby Words: binding, binder

power	allow power	bind power
people	allow people	bind people
men	allow men	bind men
children	allow children	bind children
Other words: death, world, magic, powers.

Thus, they instead bind him in chains made from the entrails of his son, whom they murdered, and allow a snake to drip venom on his face for eternity.

Source: Myth / Norse Mythology
Kejourou from Nurarihyon No Mago uses her hair to attack and bind enemy Youkai, usually to allow Kubinashi to finish them off.

Source: Prehensile Hair
It's really ingestible nanomachines that bind to the neurons in the brain and allow the body to temporarilly run software.

Source: Literature / The Nexus Series

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