Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Stave off
Stave off verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Usage example: the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies
Both terms in one sentence
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Therefore, fiction instead uses the Church Of Happyology a reference to (un)said religion which is well enough veiled to stave off lawsuits, but still transparent enough to allow clued-in people to figure out who the actual target of jest is.
Source: Church of Happyology -
For Chaos Space Marines, the powers of the Warp allow you to stave off aging.
Source: Immortality Inducer - He initially backed Hitler's rise to power in Germany in the hopes that a united Europe would allow him the power needed to stave off Ragnarok (it makes sense in context), but he was unaware of the Holocaust and would not have condoned it.
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Stave off and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/stave_off
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