Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Outlaw
Outlaw verb - To make or declare contrary to the law.
Usage example: a push to outlaw smoking in all public buildings
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Sheriff: We can't allow this outlaw to make fools of us...and I can't allow a lieutenant to fail me.
Source: You Have Failed Me -
This would allow the victor to claim self-defence rather than becoming an outlaw.
Source: Quick Draw -
The Caster Gun in Outlaw Star was created by wizards to allow people in an age of low mana to use spells.
Source: Magitek
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Outlaw and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/outlaw
Allow & Outlaw. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/outlaw>.
Outlaw or Allow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/outlaw.
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