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I'm looking for a word that can be used right next to the word "constraint" in different grammatical structures, but means the opposite. It should mean "provide options to".

For example:

A company both constrains and XXX its employees.

 

A company puts both constraints and XXX on its employees

 

A company both constrains and XXX the behaviour of its employees.

I could think of words like "enables", which kind of makes sense for:

A company both constrains and enables the behaviour of its employees.

But doesn't make sense for:

WRONG: A company puts both constraints and (en)abilities (?) on its employees.

Is there a word that is an antonym of constraint and also allows for the same syntactical usage?

I'm looking for a word that can be used right next to the word "constraint" in different grammatical structures, but means the opposite. It should mean "provide options to".

For example:

A company both constrains and XXX its employees.

 

A company puts both constraints and XXX on its employees

 

A company both constrains and XXX the behaviour of its employees.

I could think of words like "enables", which kind of makes sense for:

A company both constrains and enables the behaviour of its employees.

But doesn't make sense for:

WRONG: A company puts both constraints and (en)abilities (?) on its employees.

Is there a word that is an antonym of constraint and also allows for the same syntactical usage?

I'm looking for a word that can be used right next to the word "constraint" in different grammatical structures, but means the opposite. It should mean "provide options to".

For example:

A company both constrains and XXX its employees.

A company puts both constraints and XXX on its employees

A company both constrains and XXX the behaviour of its employees.

I could think of words like "enables", which kind of makes sense for:

A company both constrains and enables the behaviour of its employees.

But doesn't make sense for:

WRONG: A company puts both constraints and (en)abilities (?) on its employees.

Is there a word that is an antonym of constraint and also allows for the same syntactical usage?

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antonym of constraint

I'm looking for a word that can be used right next to the word "constraint" in different grammatical structures, but means the opposite. It should mean "provide options to".

For example:

A company both constrains and XXX its employees.

A company puts both constraints and XXX on its employees

A company both constrains and XXX the behaviour of its employees.

I could think of words like "enables", which kind of makes sense for:

A company both constrains and enables the behaviour of its employees.

But doesn't make sense for:

WRONG: A company puts both constraints and (en)abilities (?) on its employees.

Is there a word that is an antonym of constraint and also allows for the same syntactical usage?