Etymology

From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere ("to give up", "to allow")

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable; plural permissions)

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
   
   Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
   
   
2. The act of permitting
   
   Do I have your permission to throw this away?
   
   
3. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
   
   I used the command "chmod 644 /var/www/html/index.htm" to change the file's permission.

Antonyms

• prohibition

Derived terms

• permissible
• permissive
• planning permission

Anagrams

• impression

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