Definitions for permission
pərˈmɪʃ ənper·mis·sion

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. permission(noun)

   approval to do something

   "he asked permission to leave"

2. license, permission, permit(noun)

   the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. permission(Noun)

   authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

   Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

2. permission(Noun)

   The act of permitting

3. permission(Noun)

   flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

   I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.

Origin: From permitten, from permettre, from permittere.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Permission(noun)

   the act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted

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1. Permission

   Permission, in philosophy, is the attribute of a person whose performance of a specific action, otherwise ethically wrong or dubious, would thereby involve no ethical fault. The term "permission" is more commonly used to refer to consent. Consent is the legal embodiment of the concept, in which approval is given to another party. Permissions depend on norms or institutions. Many permissions and obligations are complementary to each other, and deontic logic is a tool sometimes used in reasoning about such relationships.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'permission' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3165

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'permission' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2746

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'permission' in Nouns Frequency: #1281

Anagrams for permission »

1. impression

How to pronounce permission?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say permission in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of permission in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of permission in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of permission in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   There was no permission to be asked.

2. Hisam Kamal:

   No Libyan airline asked for an overfly permission.

3. Pat Riley:

   Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

4. US Marine Proverb:

   It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

5. George Steinmetz:

   In a lot of countries it's impossible to get permission.

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