What is Enable?
1.
to encourage bad behavior, habits, etc.
Erin's parents enable her and her brother by giving them cigarettes just after he had just quit smoking. If you're a smoker or have other addictions and have parents like hers, don't count on quitting because they will just lure you back into your old addictions.
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2.
to shit on someone with a large dose of self esteem.
modern, fits category of politically correct, or newspeak
Boss: I'm going to enable reps to take collections on cancelled accounts.
All: Yessum
