Allow and Interdict

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

Usage example: flash photography is not allowed inside the church

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Interdict is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Interdict verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Usage example: the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists

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Allow is an antonym for interdict in destroy topic.

movement	allow movement	interdict movement
access	allow access	interdict access

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