Allow
Allow verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.
Usage example: I'll allow I probably said more than I should have
Negative
Negative verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Usage example: we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week
Common collocations
| items | allow items | negative items |
Both words in one sentence
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Emotion Eater: The "Rage Gauge" in Anime is powered by negative emotions, which will allow Makuamuuge to enter the real world when enough is collected.
Source: Video Game / Ganbare Goemon -
Part of this is because Ebay doesn't allow anonymous feedback and a few sellers flip out and give the buyer negative feedback in retaliation.
Source: Four Point Scale - Also, in terms of gameplay, it is often times easier to allow your characters to die and then revive them than heal their wounds and negative status effects.
Source: My Death Is Just the Beginning
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Negative and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/negative
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