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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Ware needed permission from composer Ennio Morricone's estate to include the sample, which she was relieved to receive quickly.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Details in US court documents allege that Duggan did not ask for permission from the US government to provide military training to Chinese forces.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It also recently received permission to put another few thousand satellites into orbit by 2035.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The following month, Sleca asked the state utility commission for something rare: permission to abandon the customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It was silly for someone to give him permission to be sad.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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