permit
Usage
What are other ways to say permit?
Both verbs that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, permit and allow are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive of the two. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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It said it didn’t knowingly permit sanctionable activity, that the identified entities were ultimately removed from Binance’s platform and that it managed the risk appropriately.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Building permit records reviewed by The Times also indicate that investors are no more likely to delay rebuilding than other owners.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The faculty rejected a measure that would have allowed professors to petition to have a course exempted from the cap, instead offering it pass-or-fail, with some nuances to permit further distinction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
A Maldivian government spokesperson told the BBC that the team had a permit to dive to a depth of 50m but had not mentioned the cave in their proposal.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
When he asked us for our travel permit, he rubbed his fingers together and rested his right hand just inside the door as he looked away toward the road behind us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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