Bar and Sanction

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Bar verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Usage example: corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools

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Sanction is an antonym for bar in prohibit topic.

Nearby Word: barroom

Sanction verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Bar is an antonym for sanction.

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

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