PERMITS (OF) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

permits (of)

verb

present tense third-person singular of permit (of)

as in allows (of)

to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement

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Loving Venus sits in your 7th House of Partnership, facing nebulous Neptune across your 1st House of Identity, so connection needs kindness while self-expression needs steadiness.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
Daemon, with his Valyrian steel warhelm and taste for annihilation, is who Rhaenyra needs riding shotgun now that Team Green has established a crown-seeking triumvirate of sons.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

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