Approve and Allow

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Approve

Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site
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Allow is a synonym for approve in prefer topic. In some cases you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Approve", when it comes to topics like consent, approve of, agree to.
Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission to.
Usage example: a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission
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Approve is a synonym for allow in prefer topic. You can use "Approve" instead a verb "Allow", if it concerns topics such as permit, consent, approve of, permit an action.
Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

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violence approve violence allow violence
action approve action allow action
marriage approve marriage allow marriage
name approve name allow name
Other words: number, time, use, characters, creation, game, entry, rules, powers, changes.
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