Allow and Enjoining

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

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Enjoining is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Enjoining noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.

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Allow is an antonym for enjoining in topics: order, forbid.

Nearby Word: enjoined

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Enjoining and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/enjoining

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