Entry Word: permission

Function: noun

Meaning: the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something <she asked for permission to have a piece of candy> <the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters>

Synonyms allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, leave, license (or licence), sanction, sufferance

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

Near Antonyms denial, refusal, rejection, revocation; taboo; injunction, veto; deterrence, discouragement, repression, suppression; ban, embargo, exclusion

Antonyms interdiction, prohibition, proscription