Allow and Renounce

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

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Renounce is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Renounce verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.

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Allow is an antonym for renounce in abandon topic.

violence	allow violence	renounce violence
power	allow power	renounce power
life	allow life	renounce life
marriage	allow marriage	renounce marriage
Other words: name, room, use, freedom, powers.

Some (non-Orthodox) rabbis do allow Kohanim/Levites to renounce their status, although this also means renouncing it for all their descendants.

Source: Useful Notes / Judaism

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