Enabling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or an instance of something being enabled.

    "Despite the epidemic of homosexual abuse of the young by the American clergy, the history of cover-ups and enablings of these abominations by the bishop […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of enable form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    providing legal power or sanction wordnet

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"The theory of games shows that what we name "moral principles" are no other than the strategy elements enabling the group to optimise its survival. Men like to dress their eagerness under the guise of charity."

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