| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization, consent |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, avowal, canonization, carte blanche, concession, concurrence, condonance, condonation, dispensation, empowerment, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, letting, liberty, license, okay, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp, sanctification, sanction, stamp of approval, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, verification, warrant |
| Antonyms: | denial, prohibition, veto |
| Main Entry: | OK |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, canonization, carte blanche, concession, concurrence, condonance, condonation, consent, dispensation, empowerment, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, letting, liberty, license, okay*, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp, sanctification, sanction, stamp of approval, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, verification, warrant |
| Concept: | Permission. |
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-nouns
permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence (lenity); favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement., authorization, warranty, accordance, admission., permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent.
-verbs
permit; give permission, give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to., grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust (commission)., give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to (freedom) [more]; leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to., let off; absolve (acquit); release, exonerate, dispense with., ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.
-adjectives
permitting; permissive, indulgent; permitted; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized (law); licit; unforbid, unforbidden; unconditional.
-adverbs
by leave, with leave, on leave; speciali gratia; under favor of; pace; ad libitum (freely), (at will) [more]; by all means (willingly); yes (assent).
-phrases
avec permission; brevet d'invention.
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| Antonyms: | prohibition |
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