Permit and Stops

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

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Stops is an antonym for permit.

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Permit is an antonym for stops in prevent topic.

This is a town where no one stops a man from dumping his victim's body in the harbor because "He has a permit" and his landlady tells him that, yes, there used to be a competing hotel but it burned down "suspicious like" while lighting her pipe with a comically oversized match.

Source: Bad-Guy Bar

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Stops and Permit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/permit/stops

Permit & Stops. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/permit/stops>.

Stops or Permit. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/permit/stops.

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