PERMISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does permission mean? 

• PERMISSION (noun)
  The noun PERMISSION has 2 senses:

1. approval to do something

2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

  Familiarity information: PERMISSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMISSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Approval to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he asked permission to leave

Hypernyms ("permission" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permission"):

authorisation; authority; authorization; sanction (official permission or approval)

all clear (permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed)

consent (permission to do something)

dismissal (permission to go; the sending away of someone)

green light (permission to proceed with a project or to take action)

leave (permission to do something)

laissez passer; pass (a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions)

pass; passport (any authorization to pass or go somewhere)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

license; permission; permit

Hypernyms ("permission" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permission"):

clearance (permission to proceed)

conge; congee (formal permission to depart)

allowance (the act of allowing)

dispensation (an exemption from some rule or obligation)

toleration (official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion))

Derivation:

permit (consent to, give permission)

 Context examples 

I was not aware that it was necessary to ask your permission before smiling at a harmless pleasantry.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here it is, and with your permission I will read it to you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have your permission to retire now, I suppose?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

No, sir, I think that, with your permission, I will confine my attentions to the excellent bird which I perceive upon the sideboard.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, the permission was given, and was never retracted; for when the month was out, Peggotty and I were ready to depart.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He did not intend, however, to publish it without the other's permission.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When the permission to do something is rescinded or withdrawn.

(Consent Withdrawn, NCI Thesaurus)

Permission that allows a user or program the ability to view information, modify and add information, and delete information.

(Full Permission, NCI Thesaurus)

Journal of Gerontology, 37(3), 323-329.). (Reproduced with permission.

(Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Specifies whether a product is available without a doctor's permission, order or prescription.

(Over The Counter Product Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)