Allow and Bounds

Allow

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

Bounds is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Bounds

Bounds noun - The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.

Allow is an antonym for bounds in topics: jump, restrict.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Kitty Norville Ironically Mercedes herself ends up suffering this fate in the last book when her "having overstepped her bounds in London" causes Roman to abandon her, then allow the bounty hunter to kill her.
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