Allow
Allow verb - To fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference.
Usage example: only a lazy gardener would allow the weeds to grow that high
Interfere with is an antonym for allow.
Interfere with
Interfere with verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Both terms in one sentence
- Instead of simply allow them to do so, their pets interfere with the spell and Bubonic and Tyrannia were turned nice instead.
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Penny also gets like this at times, but she normally doesn't allow it to interfere with her mission.
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Thankfully, she realizes the errors of her ways in the end and becomes less overprotective of Timmy, just as long as he doesn't allow contests to interfere with his studies.
Source: My Beloved Smother
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Interfere with and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/interfere_with
Allow & Interfere with. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/interfere_with>.
Interfere with or Allow. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/interfere_with.
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