Allow and Refrain

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Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
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Synonyms for Allow
Antonyms for Allow
Refrain is an antonym for allow.
Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Refrain

Refrain verb - Resist doing something.
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Synonyms for Refrain
Antonyms for Refrain
Allow is an antonym for refrain in do without topic.
Nearby Words: refrained, refraining
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Similar words of refrain

Common collocations

chance allow chance refrain chance
number allow number refrain number
time allow time refrain time

Both words in one sentence

  • Classified Information Similarly, telephone and Internet companies may be served with an order to allow the government to access communications and to refrain from disclosing the fact.
    Source: Classified Information
  • There was a boss in The Burning Crusade whose movement speed was slow enough to allow kiting, and on heroic difficulty some people did indeed refrain from ever getting close to it.
    Source: Contractual Boss Immunity
  • One set of robots didn't have the second part "nor allow a human being to come to harm" and so they could arrange for an "accident" and then refrain from saving them from that "accident".
    Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill Muggles
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Antonyms for refrain

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