enabling

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noun

An act or an instance of something being enabled.

Similar
facultativesanctionativesanctioning
Opposite
disabling
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of enable
nounenabling (plural enablings)

plural enablings

  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 […]

    2010, Andrew J. McCauley, Crossing the Threshold of Confusion

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveproviding legal power or sanction

Similar
facultativesanctionativesanctioning
Opposite
disabling
Also see
facultativesanctionativesanctioning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

enabling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabling

MLA

“enabling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enabling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enabling.

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