Allow and Confirm

Allow

Allow verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Usage example: I'll allow I probably said more than I should have

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Confirm and allow are semantically related in approve topic. In some cases you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Confirm verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

Usage example: the senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship

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Allow and confirm are semantically related in approve topic. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Confirm".

ability	allow ability	confirm ability
action	allow action	confirm action
choice	allow choice	confirm choice
name	allow name	confirm name
Other words: death, possibility, time, way, names.

David, because his strange childhood dreams allow him to confirm Petra's second-hand description of 'Sealand' (actually, as per its description, New Zealand); Petra, because her strong "thought-shapes" allow the Sealand woman to home in on her and thus know where to find the protagonists later.

Source: Literature / The Chrysalids
Smashing Survival: The Confirm button in II, R1 for III, waggling the WiiMote in IV and II's Wii remake and pressing B in V, will allow you to shake off or dodge ghosts that get too close for comfort.

Source: Franchise / Fatal Frame
If a bullet was fired straight up, it wouldn't be deadly—but a human is more likely to fire the gun at a bit of an angle (a sufficient angle would allow the bullet to maintain a ballistic trajectory); injury reports from such bullets confirm this.

Source: Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters