Allow and Can

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Allow

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

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
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Allow is an antonym for can in fire from job topic.
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  • Good Thing You Can Heal Since the main character can't die, and has a Healing Factor as part of the parcel, they can willingly allow themselves to be mangled in all sorts of ways.
    Source: Good Thing You Can Heal
  • Failure Is the Only Option A while in the writers realized some of the backdraws of this trope, and began to allow partial successes (they can't find a way home, but they can shave years off the journey).
    Source: Failure Is the Only Option
  • Calvinball There can be rules that allow a player to win, but whatever that rule is, it can be changed.
    Source: Calvinball
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