All allow for antonyms
alΒ·low for
A a verb allow for
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- sentence β Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- accuse β If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- subtract β to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- unloose β to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- release β to lease again.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- take out β the act of taking.
- disproportion β lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.