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permission
1. The act of permitting someone to do something.
2. Consent, especially formal consent; authorization.

The following nouns indicate approval for a course of action that is granted by someone in authority:

  • He was refused permission to smoke anywhere in the building.
  • They were seeking authorization to begin construction of their house.
  • The parents gave their consent for the marriage to take place.
  • The student will ask leave to respond to the speaker of the lecture.
  • The foreign refugees were given license to depart from the city.
  • The authorities gave sanction for the project to begin tomorrow.

This entry is located in the following units: miss-, mis-, -miss, -mis, mit-, mitt-, -mit, -mitt (page 5) per- (page 8)