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Webster 1913 Edition


Permission

Per-mis′sion

(pẽr-mĭsh′ŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
permissio
: cf. F.
permission
. See
Permit
.]
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
High
permission
of all-ruling Heaven.
Milton.
You have given me your
permission
for this address.
Dryden.
Syn. – Leave; liberty; license.
Leave
,
Permission
. Leave implies that the recipient may decide whether to use the license granted or not. Permission is the absence on the part of another of anything preventive, and in general, at least by implication, signifies approval.

Webster 1828 Edition


Permission

PERMIS'SION

,
Noun.
[L.permissio, from permitto, to permit.]
1.
The act of permitting or allowing.
2.
Allowance; license or liberty granted.
You have given me your permission for this address.

Definition 2024


permission

permission

English

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable, plural permissions)

  1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  2. The act of permitting.
  3. (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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French

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Noun

permission f (plural permissions)

  1. permission