Allow and Justify

Allow

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

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Justify and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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Allow and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Justify".

ability	allow ability	justify ability
violence	allow violence	justify violence
power	allow power	justify power
life	allow life	justify life
Other words: action, attack, name, amount, death, time, use, way, characters, abilities.

Speed Racer never even tried to justify any of the weird things in the original, and instead ran with them as fast as the Rule of Cool could possibly allow.

Source: Troperiffic
He then spends several pages trying to justify distributing information that could allow any madman to destroy the planet.

Source: Can't Stop the Signal
Tim Drake was deliberately portrayed as extremely competent (even moreso than Batman in some ways) in order to justify why Batman would allow another kid to become his sidekick.

Source: Comicbook / Robin

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