allow vs forbid

allow

verb
  • To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 

  • To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 

  • To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 

  • To take into account by making an allowance. 

  • To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request). 

forbid

verb
  • To disallow; to proscribe. 

  • To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command. 

  • To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command. 

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