permission

Roget category 760

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.7. Special intersocial volition
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#760. Permission

noun

permission, leave — allowance, sufferance — tolerance, toleration — liberty, law, license, concession, grace — indulgence etc. (lenity) 740 — favor, dispensation, exemption, release — connivance — vouchsafement^†.
authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.
permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman — hukm^† — pass, passport — furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of leave — grant, charter — patent, letters patent.

verb

permit — give permission etc. n., give power — let, allow, admit — suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize — concede etc. 762 — accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point — wink at, connive at — shut one's eyes to.
grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant — sanction — intrust etc. (commission) 755.
give carte blanche [Fr.], give the reins to, give scope to etc. (freedom) 748 — leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open — open the door to, open the flood gates — give a loose to.
let off — absolve etc. (acquit) 970 — release, exonerate, dispense with.
ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.

adjective

permitting etc. v. — permissive, indulgent — permitted etc. v. — patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal — legalized etc. (law) 963 — licit — unforbid^†, unforbidden^† — unconditional.

adverb

by leave, with leave, on leave etc. n. — speciali gratia [It] — under favor of — pace — ad libitum etc. (freely) 748, (at will) 600 — by all means etc. (willingly) 602 — yes etc. (assent) 488.

phrase

avec permissin [Fr.] — brevet d'invention [Fr.].

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