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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Lampenius, a classical concert violinist, obtained permission to play her instrument - a 19th Century Gagliano violin - live on stage.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Anxious to make sure there would be no problems, Mohammed said he'd even sought the permission of a nearby Israeli military base to allow his father's funeral to proceed.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Section 122 grants that temporary permission whenever fundamental international payments problems require “special import measures to restrict imports to deal with large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

A more risk-averse leader might use such triumphs as permission to take their foot off the gas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After he asked Washington for permission to marry a young woman from another plantation, Sheels and the young woman plotted to flee aboard a ship in September 1799.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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