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The phrase "allowed to refuse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's permission or right to decline or reject something.
Example: "Employees are allowed to refuse overtime work if they have prior commitments."
Alternatives: "permitted to decline" or "entitled to say no".
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Parents were allowed to refuse to join the study by returning a signed refusal form and the blank questionnaire.
Businesses such as nightclubs, however, are allowed to refuse entry to whoever they choose provided that the reasons for refusal are not discriminatory under this legislation.
"You are not allowed to refuse.
Their drivers are allowed to refuse certain fares.
Would they be allowed to refuse recognition in other cases?
You are not allowed to refuse these extensions.
And no Muslim is allowed to refuse that.
Hungary won't be allowed to refuse solidarity over refugees, referendum or not.
Should I be allowed to refuse a copy of Five Days in May to Iain Duncan Smith?
And I shouldn't be allowed to refuse to accommodate a lesbian guest if I'm a fundamentalist Christian hotel owner.
I shouldn't be allowed to refuse to help a Christian crime victim if I'm a Wiccan cop.
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