Allow and Scorn

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

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Scorn is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Scorn verb - To show contempt for.

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Allow is an antonym for scorn in look down on topic.

Nearby Words: scornful, scorned, scornfully, scorning

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