permission

per·mis·sion

noun \pər-ˈmi-shən\

Definition of PERMISSION

1

: the act of permitting

2

: formal consent : authorization

Examples of PERMISSION

1. They got permission from the city to build an apartment complex.
2. The teacher gave me her permission to go home early.

Origin of PERMISSION

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin permission-, permissio, from permittere

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to PERMISSION

Synonyms

allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, green light, leave, license (or licence), sanction, sufferance, warrant

Antonyms

interdiction, prohibition, proscription

Related Words

imprimatur, seal, signature, stamp; accreditation, certification; liberty, pass; concession, patent, permit; tolerance, toleration; acceptance, acquiescence, agreement, assent, OK (or okay); accord, grant

Near Antonyms

denial, refusal, rejection, revocation; taboo (also tabu); injunction, veto; deterrence, discouragement, repression, suppression; ban, embargo, exclusion

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