Synonyms for permission
All synonyms
Noun
1. Consent — authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
consent, license US, licence UK, authorization UK US, authorisation UK, warrant, say-so informal, authority, privilege, allowance, approbation, dispensation, liberty, clearance, sufferance UK, permit dated, leave formal dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
Related words
- Word family
- permissible permissive permit
- Phrases
- planning permission
Forms
- Plural
- permissions → consents, licenses, authorizations, warrants…
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Permission justifies another in acting without interference or censure, and usually implies some degree of approval. There may be a failure to object, which constitutes an implied permission, tho this is more properly expressed by allowance; we allow what we do not oppose, permit what we expressly authorize.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- authority I don't have the authority to give you permission.
- consent How dare you marry my daughter without my consent?
- privilege It is a great privilege to be with you in Tatoeba.
- approbation She liked him too little to care for his approbation.
By length
- 4 letters
- pass1
- 5 letters
- leave1
- 6 letters
- permit2
- 7 letters
- license2, consent2, liberty3, warrant2, licence2
- 9 letters
- authority4, privilege2, clearance2, allowance3
- 10 letters
- compliance3, sufferance
- 11 letters
- approbation4
- 12 letters
- dispensation4
- 13 letters
- authorization5, authorisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (permit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- permission
- Español
- permiso
- Deutsch
- Erlaubnis