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permit (of)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of permit (of)

to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilites

  • the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement
Synonyms of permit (of)

admit (of), allow (of)
Words Related to permit (of)

open up

favor, justify, support, sustain, validate

need, take, want, warrant
Near Antonyms of permit (of)

close out, disallow, enjoin, exclude, forbid, negative, preclude, rule out

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