Constrain
Constrain verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Enable
Enable verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: a law that would enable the authorities to use wiretaps without obtaining court orders
Common collocations
| men | constrain men | enable men |
| rest | constrain rest | enable rest |
| characters | constrain characters | enable characters |
| magic | constrain magic | enable magic |
| Other words: player. | ||
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Enable and Constrain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/constrain/enable
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Enable or Constrain. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/constrain/enable.
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