Enabling

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Enabling

verb

  1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.

    "April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption"

  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.

    "His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs."

Anagrams of Enabling

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

activateturn onallowauthorizeletpermitempowerendow

ANTONYMS

disable