Allowing and Veto

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Veto is an antonym for allowing in permit an action topic.

Nearby Words: allow, allowance, allowed, allowable

Veto noun - An order that something not be done or used.

Usage example: management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays

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Allowing is an antonym for veto.

Nearby Words: vetoed, vetoing

Perky Goth: Molly is more or less this, allowing for the fact that she's twelve and her relentlessly normal parents and sister have veto powers over her clothing preferences.

Source: Literature / Castle Hangnail
However, it passed, and after a tense moment when an upstate assemblyman changed his vote after they had been counted, allowing the governor's veto to be overriden, New York became the first U.S.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Real Life
School Club Front: Dumbledore's Army was formed with this intention (although they weren't keeping its purpose a secret, they weren't exactly openly advertising for members), but Umbridge got wind of it and had a rule allowing her to veto clubs introduced.

Source: Literature / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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