the act of permitting; esp., formal consent; leave; license: permission to go
Origin of permission
Middle English from Middle French from Classical Latin permissio from past participle of permittere
noun
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
An example of permission is when you are told that you are allowed to go to a party.
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permission
noun
- The act of permitting, especially in giving formal consent; authorization: Do they have permission to leave?
- An authorization to do something, as to quote from a book under copyright.
Origin of permission
Middle English from Old French from Latin permissiō permissiōn- from permissus past participle of permittere to permit ; see permit 1.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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permission authorization consent leave 2license sanction
These nouns denote approval for a course of action that is granted by one in authority: was refused permission to smoke; seeking authorization to begin construction; gave their consent to the marriage; will ask leave to respond to the speaker; was given license to depart; gave sanction to the project.
Antonym: prohibition
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural permissions)
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
- The act of permitting
- (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
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Origin
From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere (“to give up", "to allow").
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permission - Legal Definition
n
An authorization or license to do something; being
allowed.
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