Permission
/pəˈmɪʃən/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) countable, uncountable
"Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?"
- 2 the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization wordnet
- 3 The act of permitting. countable, uncountable
- 4 approval to do something wordnet
- 5 Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how. countable, uncountable
"I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission."
Verb
- 1 To grant or obtain authorization for. transitive
"Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online."
Example
More examples"You ought to ask for your teacher's permission."
Etymology
From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).