Permit and Regulate

Permit

Permit verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

Regulate and permit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulate" instead a verb "Permit".

Regulate

Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Permit and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Permit" instead a verb "Regulate".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

power permit power regulate power
use permit use regulate use
travel permit travel regulate travel
killing permit killing regulate killing
Other words: sale, planet.
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