allow vs taboo

allow

verb
  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

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

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

  • 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). 

taboo

verb
  • To avoid. 

  • To ban. 

  • To mark as taboo. 

adj
  • Culturally forbidden. 

  • Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 

noun
  • An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. 

  • Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. 

How often have the words allow and taboo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )