Green light and Suppression

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Green light noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

Usage example: we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser

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Suppression is an antonym for green light.

Suppression noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.

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Green light is an antonym for suppression.

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Suppression and Green light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/green_light/suppression

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