permission
Plural: permissions
Noun
- approval to do something
- "he asked permission to leave"
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- The act of permitting.
- Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
Verb
- To grant or obtain authorization for.
Examples
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
permission: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpermission: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
permission: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
permission: valid Words With Friends Word