Allow and Protest

Allow

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

Protest is an antonym for allow in topics: set aside, admit, permit an action.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Protest

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Allow is an antonym for protest.

Common collocations

power allow power protest power
action allow action protest action
marriage allow marriage protest marriage
name allow name protest name
Other words: sort, use, way, rules, changes.

Both words in one sentence

  • Spider Tank It was possessed by its designer so he could protest his parents' decision not to allow him to get a healthy body via cyborgization.
    Source: Spider Tank
  • Mistaken for Gay The series does this when Larry started a protest because the school wouldn't allow gay couples (like his best friend Kenny and Dylan) to a school dance.
  • Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they are still a slayer until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.
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