Allow and Respect

Allow

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

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Respect and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respect" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Respect verb - To think very highly or favorably of.

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Allow and respect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Respect".

power	allow power	respect power
life	allow life	respect life
man	allow man	respect man
people	allow people	respect people
Other words: choice, time, way, space, freedom, anyone, rules, women, abilities.

Not only do they trade with the Ylver, they also treat the Sisterhood, an Ylven offshoot, with respect and allow them to lease land in order to rebuild after Quaie's incursion against the Sisterhood's old home.

Source: Literature / The Farside Trilogy
They'd also likely get more respect if they'd actually allow for more official Macross series releases.

Source: Anime / Robotech
The doctors refused to allow the man to in the same building as his victims out of respect for those who were killed.

Source: Due to the Dead

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