First Known Use: 15th century
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permission
noun per·mis·sion \pər-ˈmi-shən\
: the right or ability to do something that is given by someone who has the power to decide if it will be allowed or permitted
Full Definition of PERMISSION
1
: the act of permitting
2
: formal consent : authorization
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Origin of PERMISSION
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin permission-, permissio, from permittere
Related to PERMISSION
- Synonyms
- allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, green light, leave, license (or licence), sanction, sufferance, warrant
- Antonyms
- interdiction, prohibition, proscription
Rhymes with PERMISSION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
PERMISSION Defined for Kids
permission
noun per·mis·sion \pər-ˈmi-shən\
Definition of PERMISSION for Kids
: the approval of a person in authority <I have permission to leave early.>
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