Definitions for permission
pərˈmɪʃ ənper·mis·sion

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)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?

   Etymology: From permitten, from permettre, from permittere.

2. permission(Noun)

   The act of permitting

   Etymology: From permitten, from permettre, from permittere.

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.

   Etymology: From permitten, from permettre, from permittere.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)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.

Editors Contribution(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. permission

   Authorization to do

   They choose to marry and have babies as soon as possible.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

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. United States:

   The visa is permission to knock on the door of the United States.

3. Hillary Clinton on Friday:

   The fight against the NRA should be led by a new organization of gun owners, there is really no other industry in America that has this kind of blanket permission to be reckless to be negligent.

4. Ari Seth Cohen:

   I started meeting all these older people who were past all those stages and just rebelling and really being true to themselves and unafraid to wear whatever they wanted and express themselves in whatever way they wanted, so for me, it's sort of given me that permission to really dress however I feel on any given day. ... It's about playing, it's about joy, it's about having fun.

5. Ministry of Justice:

   Local authorities can apply to courts to request permission not to notify parents without parental responsibility about care proceedings, and courts should consider the potential harm to the child and mother when making this decision.

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