Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Usage example: flash photography is not allowed inside the church
Consent is a synonym for allow in agreement topic. In some cases you can use "Consent" instead a verb "Allow", when it comes to topics like yield, agree, approve of, permit an action.
Consent
Consent verb - To give or express one's approval (as to a proposal).
Allow is a synonym for consent in agree topic. You can use "Allow" instead a verb "Consent", if it concerns topics such as yield, approve of, agree to.
Nearby Words: consented, consenting
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| life | allow life | consent life |
Both words in one sentence
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The TechnoCore "ambassador" asserts that "it pains us to harm any human, or allow a human to come to harm." (Lying through his artificial teeth.) Slap-Slap-Kiss: More like attempted murder, brutal rape, begrudging consent.
Source: Literature / Hyperion Cantos - The no-reproduction-without-governmental-consent rules come not from any moral or religious principles, but from pure pragmatism: Beta Colony just doesn't have enough room to allow complete freedom of reproductive choice.
Source: No Sex Allowed -
He won't even allow such silly things as "informed consent" and "human rights" to get in the way of a good live vivisection.
Source: Hollywood Atheist
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