Allow and Relinquish

Allow

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

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Relinquish and allow are semantically related in agreement topic. In some cases you can use "Relinquish" instead a verb "Allow", when it comes to topics like yield, cede.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Relinquish

Relinquish verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Allow and relinquish are semantically related in agreement topic. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Relinquish", if it concerns topics such as yield, cede.

Nearby Word: relinquishing

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Common collocations

violence	allow violence	relinquish violence
power	allow power	relinquish power
name	allow name	relinquish name
control	allow control	relinquish control
Other words: number, advantage, time, world, magic, powers, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

The only solution that will allow humans to co-exist peacefully is for humans to agree to relinquish nearly all of those natural rights, on the condition that everyone else do so as well.

Source: Hobbes Was Right

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