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How to pronounce permission in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms license, permit
Type of authorisation, authorization, empowerment
Has types congee, clearance, allowance, conge, toleration, dispensation
Derivation permit
Type Words
Type of approval, commendation
Has types all clear, authorisation, consent, dismissal, green light, laissez passer, leave, pass, passport, sanction, authority, authorization


he asked permission to leave.

Examples of permission

permission
The officers knocked on the door and received permission to enter the apartment.
From the tennessean.com
It is aberrant to require government permission to exercise a fundamental right.
From the dailyherald.com
It's important to give yourself permission to not like something you are trying.
From the businessweek.com
Law had to ask Pope John Paul II twice before receiving permission to step down.
From the stltoday.com
It stresses it only passes customers'details onto lawyers with their permission.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Permission must always be sought before mushrooms are removed from private land.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They tell us she isn't allowed to leave unless she gets the doctor's permission.
From the latimes.com
No one has a right to take anything that belongs to you without your permission.
From the sacbee.com
The Kings have until April 18 to request NBA permission to move for next season.
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More examples
  • Approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
  • License: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
  • Permission was one of the largest gothic magazines of the 1990s. Begun in 1992 in Chicago by Jayson Elliot, the first issue appeared as a newsprint 'zine, with a mix of articles about bands (such as Alien Sex Fiend and Young Gods), amateur poetry, disturbing comics (such as a Scott Warren piece ...
  • Permission, in philosophy, is the attribute of a person whose performance of a specific action, otherwise ethically wrong, would thereby involve no ethical fault. Consent is a legal embodiment of the concept.
  • (Permissions) Most current file systems have methods of administering permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users affected to view or make changes to the contents of the filesystem.
  • 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
  • (Permissioning) Dynamically allowing or disallowing the reception and decoding of data, audio, and/or video for network users.
  • (Permissioning) Procedure carried out by contracting party to enable Subscribers to receive access to the Information under the conditions of the Agreement.
  • (Permissioning) the ability for portal administrators to limit specific types of content and services users have access to. For example, a company's proprietary information can be entitled for only company employee access.