Allow and Reveal

Allow

Allow verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Usage example: I'll allow I probably said more than I should have

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Reveal verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Allow and reveal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Reveal".

Nearby Words: revealed, revealing

power	allow power	reveal power
man	allow man	reveal man
name	allow name	reveal name
number	allow number	reveal number
Other words: way, magic, names, powers, abilities.

There's a minor reveal in Martian Successor Nadesico that the Jovian Chulips are a kind of warp gate that allow Jovian robots to teleport in directly from Jupiter.

Source: Captain Obvious Reveal
Miracle Max uses a bellows to allow a mostly dead Westley to reveal that his motivation for living is "true love".

Source: Interrogating the Dead
Red Dwarf paused the credits in "Waiting For God" to allow Rimmer to wail about the episode's reveal.

Source: Credits Gag

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