PERMISSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Synonyms:

license; permission; permit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Approval to do something

Example:

he asked permission to leave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

Credits

Context examples:

With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Now, Mr. Holmes, with your permission, I will show you round the house.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That is to say, you had given your permission. I guessed as much.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Harriet was to sit again the next day; and Mr. Elton, just as he ought, entreated for the permission of attending and reading to them again.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“Captain,” said the doctor, “with your permission, that's Silver. A very remarkable man.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I had his majesty’s permission to step over this wall; and, the space being so wide between that and the palace, I could easily view it on every side.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

With your permission, I will remain in the waiting-room while you go into my father’s case.

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

A document containing a formal acceptance as satisfactory, and/or official agreement or permission.

(Approval Document, NCI Thesaurus)

Then, turning to the other two, he said with intense gravity:—I want your permission to do what I think good this night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They reminded him of children gathered about a spread table and awaiting permission to begin to eat.