Allow and Delete

Opposite meaning words

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

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Delete is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

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Allow is an antonym for delete in erase topic.

Nearby Words: deletion, deleted, deleting, deleter

people	allow people	delete people
rest	allow rest	delete rest
characters	allow characters	delete characters
world	allow world	delete world
Other words: game, entry, items, games, saves, changes.

The trope gets dropped in the final arc when a self aware NPC creates monsters with a program that can permanently delete a character (and the game does not allow people to create new characters) and becomes even less present when the players get a program that can delete the self aware NPCs.

Source: Death Is Cheap
You can go so far as to alter or even delete the files on your computer, which will allow you to earn the Pacifist ending again, but the game still knows what you did.

Source: Evil Only Has to Win Once
Many forums allow a user to delete their most recent post in thread to clean this up.

Source: Double Post

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