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permission

[per-mish-uhn] / pərˈmɪʃ ən /
NOUN
authorization, consent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptance acknowledgment admission agreement approval concession dispensation endorsement license permit privilege recognition warrant
STRONG
acquiescence allowance approbation assent avowal canonization concurrence condonation empowerment freedom imprimatur indulgence leave letting liberty okay promise sanctification sanction sufferance tolerance toleration verification
WEAK
carte blanche condonance rubber stamp stamp of approval
Antonyms
STRONGEST
denial disagreement disapproval opposition prohibition refusal rejection repudiation
STRONG
imprisonment incarceration limitation restraint restriction veto

Example Sentences

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They did hear testimony from an anti–death penalty lawyer who was admonished for testing DNA on a water bottle without the person’s permission.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Smith: We gave women permission to be independent and not be defined by a man.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The notion of having to seek permission or paying to use an international waterway that they previously used for free and without condition will stretch those states’ tolerance, Oxford Analytica said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Last month the SEC questioned Egan-Jones’s capacity to “consistently produce credit ratings with integrity” on some debt instruments that Egan-Jones was seeking permission to rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Before Christmas, he asked permission to take his “friend” Maggie and her sister Kate for a sleigh ride in New York City.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock