Give permission
Refuse is an antonym for give permission in topics: allow, permit, allow participation, permit an action.
Refuse
Both terms in one sentence
- A staple of fairy tales has a poor man try to win the hand of a princess (or otherwise high-born or rich girl), only for her father to refuse to give permission unless the man can prove he has the means to keep the girl in the life of luxury she was used to living in.
Source: Unable to Support a Wife
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Refuse and Give permission. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_permission/refuse
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