Allow and Censor

Opposite meaning words

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

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Censor is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Censor verb - To remove objectionable parts from.

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Allow is an antonym for censor in forbid topic.

violence	allow violence	censor violence
life	allow life	censor life
attack	allow attack	censor attack
name	allow name	censor name
Other words: amount, number, use, game, items, names, games.

This could happen because the setting of the story (or the censor) does not allow a character to carry a "real" weapon.

Source: Nerf Arm
At least the Gorn is still good-or at least it was, until Rockstar was forced to censor it to avoid an AO rating.note This was necessary to allow the game to be published for consoles, since none of the major console manufacturers allow AO-rated games on their systems.

Source: Sequelitis
My Name Is Earl: On one episode, Darnell explains that a Show Within a Show in the episode had to censor profanity because the FCC doesn't allow curse words until after 10PM.

Source: Think of the Censors

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