Allow and Deter

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Allow

Allow verb - To give permission to.
Usage example: a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission
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Deter is an antonym for allow.
Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Deter

Deter verb - To steer (a person) from an activity or course of action.
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Antonyms for Deter
Allow is an antonym for deter in check topic.
Nearby Words: deterred, deterrence, determent, deterring
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Common collocations

attack allow attack deter attack
people allow people deter people
amount allow amount deter amount
anyone allow anyone deter anyone
Other words: player, players, girls.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Air Force One Marshall: Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right.
    Source: Film / Air Force One
  • Video Game / Arcana Heart In the case of the former, she won't allow anything to deter her.
    Source: Video Game / Arcana Heart
  • Konoha and Suna, each having only one bijuu, allied with one another after the last war to deter Kumo and Iwa which both hosted two; Kiri's natural defenses and two bijuu allow it freedom in operation but it lacks the unity needed to take advantage of that.
    Source: Balance of Power
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