permission

noun

per·​mis·​sion pər-ˈmi-shən 

1

: the act of permitting

2

: formal consent : authorization

Synonyms of permission

• consent
• authorization
• granting
• permit
• license

Examples of permission in a Sentence

They got permission from the city to build an apartment complex.

The teacher gave me her permission to go home early.

Recent Examples on the Web

Police arrested at least two protesters at the tense Leavenworth City Commission meeting Tuesday in which leaders gave permission for private prison company CoreCivic to reopen its Kansas facility as an immigration detention center. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026

In 2014, Estrada Juarez went to Mexico using a travel permission for DACA recipients known as advance parole. —Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Customers can give the agent permission to access medical data, including lab results, records and clinical notes. —Amina Niasse, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

Used with permission of Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. —Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for permission

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition

Kids Definition

permission

noun

per·​mis·​sion pər-ˈmish-ən 

1

: the act of permitting

2

: the consent of a person in authority

has permission to leave