Allow and Duelling

Opposite meaning words

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

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Duelling is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

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Allow is an antonym for duelling in topics: fight, repulse, resist, withstand.

Nearby Words: dueling, duel, dueler, duellist, dueller

There is an old fencing tactic for duelling with smallswords where you allow your left palm to be impaled by the enemy sword, thus preventing the enemy from parrying your deadly blow.

Source: Deliberate Injury Gambit
Within the area the fight is strictly one on one and if you win, the evil priests who run the duelling area allow you to leave unmolested.

Source: Literature / Way of the Tiger

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