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per⋅mis⋅sion

  [per-mish-uhn]
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–noun
1. authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
2. the act of permitting.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L permissiōn- (s. of permissiō) a yielding, giving leave, equiv. to permiss(us) (ptp. of permittere to permit ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
per⋅mis⋅sioned, adjective
per⋅mis⋅so⋅ry  [per-mis-uh-ree] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. leave, sanction.

Antonyms:
1. restraint, refusal.
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per·mis·sion   (pər-mĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. The act of permitting.
  2. Consent, especially formal consent; authorization.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin permissiō, permissiōn-, from permissus, past participle of permittere, to permit; see permit.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote approval for a course of action that is granted by one in authority: was refused permission to smoke; seeking authorization to begin construction; gave their consent to the marriage; will ask leave to respond to the speaker; was given license to depart; gave sanction to the project.
Antonym: prohibition
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Permission

Per*mis"sion\, n. [L. permissio: cf. F. permission. See Permit.] The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

High permission of all-ruling Heaven. --Milton.

You have given me your permission for this address. --Dryden.

Syn: Leave; liberty; license.

Usage: Leave, Permission. Leave implies that the recipient may decide whether to use the license granted or not. Permission is the absence on the part of another of anything preventive, and in general, at least by implication, signifies approval.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : permission
Spanish: permiso, autoización,
German: die Erlaubnis,
Japanese: 許可
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permission 
c.1410, from L. permissionem (nom. permissio), from permissus, pp. of permittere (see permit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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permission file system
(Or "file mode") The ability to access (read, write, execute, traverse, etc.) a file or directory. Depending on the operating system, each file may have different permissions for different kinds of access and different users or groups of users.
chmod ("change mode") is the UNIX command to change permissions.
(2000-12-07)

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