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allowed
adjective as in accepted
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acknowledged, approved, authorized, confirmed, conventional, customary, endorsed, established, fashionable, popular, preferred, received, recognized, sanctioned, time-honored, universal, welcomed
adjective as in admissible
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acceptable, applicable, appropriate, concedable, fair, fitting, just, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, not impossible, not unlikely, okay, passable, permitted, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, right, suitable, tolerable, tolerated, warranted, worthy
adjective as in approved
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accepted, authorized, backed, endorsed, passed, permitted, ratified, recognized, sanctioned, supported
Weak matches
adjective as in free
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able, at large, clear, easy, independent, loose, open, unfettered, unrestricted
adjective as in immune
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favored, hardened to, insusceptible, irresponsible, licensed, not affected, not liable, not subject, privileged, protected, unanswerable, unliable, unsusceptible
adjective as in legal
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constitutional, contractual, fair, juridical, lawful, legitimate, proper, statutory, valid
Weak matches
acknowledged, authorized, card-carrying, chartered, clean, condign, decreed, due, enforceable, enforced, enjoined, forensic, granted, innocent, judged, judicial, just, justifiable, justified, legalized, legit, licit, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, passed, precedented, prescribed, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, straight, sure-enough, warranted, within the law
adjective as in licensed
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adjective as in permitted
Strongest matches
acceptable, allowable, approved, authorized, licensed, sanctioned
adjective as in recognized
Strongest matches
accepted, identified, known, perceived, remembered, sanctioned
Weak match
adjective as in sanctioned
adjective as in unrestricted
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Weak matches
able, at liberty, free-spirited, independent, lax, liberal, liberated, on one's own, open, relaxed, unbounded, uncommitted, unconstrained
adjective as in warranted
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assured, certified, guaranteed, justified, sanctioned, secured
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Example Sentences
“That’s right,” Hedges said — stressing again that there were “threshold” arguments for why the case shouldn’t even be allowed to continue to the merits stage.
A 40-year friendship between Osborne and Mr. Rea followed, one that allowed the writer to travel the world as part of the singer’s inner circle.
Players now are allowed to make money from brand endorsements and share in schools’ athletic revenue.
The court has allowed the president to terminate government contracts for spurious and often retaliatory reasons.
This technique allowed the scientists to monitor how quickly those amino acids were integrated into muscle tissue.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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