Disallow vs Restrain - What's the difference?
disallow | restrain |
To refuse to allow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
As verbs the difference between disallow and restrain
is that disallow is to refuse to allow while restrain is to control or keep in check.disallow
English
Verb
(en verb)- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
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Synonyms
* See alsorestrain
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
