Allow and Retire

Allow

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Retire verb - To go to one's bed in order to sleep.

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Allow and retire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Retire".

Nearby Words: retired, retiring, retirement, retiree

life	allow life	retire life
man	allow man	retire man
name	allow name	retire name
number	allow number	retire number
Other words: time, characters, game, powers, relationships.

However, he would later allow the Reds to enshrine Rose in the team's Hall of Fame and formally retire his number in 2016.

Source: Useful Notes / Baseball
By the time the film opens he notices the lack of dragons could allow him to finally retire.

Source: Western Animation / Dragons: Fire & Ice
Both to allow his best friend, Robby Jackson, to become the nation's first black President, and because he's accomplished all he wanted to do in office and wants to retire.

Source: Cincinnatus

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