Meanings
plural permissions · alternative obsolete permistion · alternative obsolete permixtion
- countableuncountableauthorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
Synonyms: allowance, license, permit · Antonyms: prohibition
- countableuncountableThe act of permitting.
- countableuncountablecomputingFlags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
present singular third person permissions · participle present permissioning · participle past permissioned · past permissioned · alternative obsolete permistion · alternative obsolete permixtion
- transitiveTo grant or obtain authorization for.
Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.
2003, Mary Ellen Lepionka, Writing and Developing Your College Textbook, page 190
Synonyms & antonyms
nounauthorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpermissiō
- Middle Frenchpermission
- Middle Englishpermision
- Englishpermission
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَصْرِيح, سَمَاح
- تَصْرِيح (taṣrīḥ)authorisation
- سَمَاح (samāḥ)authorisation
- إِجَازَة (ʔijāza)authorisation
- رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa)authorisation
- رُخُصَة (ruḵuṣa)authorisation
- إِذْن (ʔiḏn)authorisation
Bengali অনুমতি, ইজাজত
- অনুমতি (onumoti)authorisation
- ইজাজত (ijajot)authorisation
Bulgarian разреше́ние, позволе́ние
- разреше́ние (razrešénie)authorisation
- позволе́ние (pozvolénie)authorisation
- позволе́ние (pozvolénie)act of permitting
Catalan permís, autorització
- permísauthorisation
- autoritzacióauthorisation
Chinese Cantonese 許可 /许可
- 許可 /许可 (heoi² ho²)authorisation
Chinese Mandarin 許可 /许可, 授權 /授权
- 許可 /许可 (xǔkě)authorisation
- 授權 /授权 (shòuquán)authorisation
- 允許 /允许 (yúnxǚ)authorisation
- 授權 /授权 (shòuquán)act of permitting
- 允許 /允许 (yúnxǚ)act of permitting
Czech povolení
- povoleníauthorisation
Danish tilladelse, lov
- tilladelseauthorisation
- lovauthorisation
- tilladelseact of permitting
Dutch toestemming, toelating
- toestemmingauthorisation
- toelatingauthorisation
- permissieauthorisation
- verlofauthorisation
Esperanto permeso
- permesoauthorisation
Estonian luba
- lubaauthorisation
Finnish oikeus, lupa
- oikeusauthorisation
- lupaauthorisation
- lupaact of permitting
- oikeudetin computing
- käyttöoikeudetin computing
French permission, permis
- permissionauthorisation
- permisauthorisation
German Erlaubnis, Gestattung
- Erlaubnisauthorisation
- Gestattungauthorisation
- Genehmigungauthorisation
Greek άδεια, έγκριση
- άδεια (ádeia)authorisation
- έγκριση (égkrisi)authorisation
- άδεια (ádeia)act of permitting
- άδεια (ádeia)in computing
- δικαίωμα (dikaíoma)in computing
Hebrew הֶתֵּר
- הֶתֵּר (hetér)authorisation
Hindi अनुमति, स्वीकृति
- अनुमति (anumti)authorisation
- स्वीकृति (svīkŕti)authorisation
- इजाज़त (ijāzat)authorisation
Hungarian engedély, megengedés
- engedélyauthorisation
- megengedésact of permitting
- engedélyezésact of permitting
Icelandic leyfi
- leyfiauthorisation
Indonesian izin, keizinan
- izinauthorisation
- keizinanauthorisation
- perkenanauthorisation
- permisiauthorisation
Italian permesso, permesso
- permessoauthorisation
- permessoact of permitting
Japanese 許可, 認可
- 許可 (kyoka)authorisation
- 認可 (ninka)authorisation
- 許可 (kyoka)act of permitting
Korean 허가, 인가
- 허가 (heoga)authorisation
- 인가 (in'ga)authorisation
Latin permissio, concessus
- permissioauthorisation
- concessusauthorisation
Latvian atļauja
- atļaujaauthorisation
Lithuanian leidimas
- leidimasauthorisation
Malay kebenaran, izin
- kebenaranauthorisation
- izinauthorisation
- keizinanauthorisation
- perkenanauthorisation
Norwegian Bokmål tillatelse, permisjon
- tillatelseauthorisation
- permisjonauthorisation
Polish pozwolenie, dozwolenie
- pozwolenieauthorisation
- dozwolenieauthorisation
- zezwolenieauthorisation
- pozwolenieact of permitting
- dozwolenieact of permitting
- zezwolenieact of permitting
Portuguese permissão, permissão
- permissãoauthorisation
- permissãoact of permitting
- permissãoin computing
Romanian permisiune, permitere
- permisiuneauthorisation
- permitereact of permitting
Russian разреше́ние, позволе́ние
- разреше́ние (razrešénije)authorisation
- позволе́ние (pozvolénije)authorisation
- разреше́ние (razrešénije)act of permitting
Slovak povolenie
- povolenieauthorisation
Spanish permiso, venia
- permisoauthorisation
- veniaauthorisation
- beneplácitoauthorisation
- permisiónauthorisation
- impetraauthorisation
- permisoin computing
Swahili idhini, idhini
- idhiniauthorisation
- idhiniact of permitting
Swedish tillåtelse, tillstånd
- tillåtelseauthorisation
- tillståndauthorisation
- medgivandeauthorisation
- lovauthorisation
- tillåtelseact of permitting
- rättigheterin computing
Tamil அனுமதி
- அனுமதி (aṉumati)authorisation
Thai การอนุญาต, อนุญาต
- การอนุญาต (gaan-à-nú-yâat)authorisation
- อนุญาต (à-nú-yâat)authorisation
Turkish izin, müsaade
- izinauthorisation
- müsaadeauthorisation
- ruhsatauthorisation
- icazetauthorisation
- izinact of permitting
- müsaadeact of permitting
Ukrainian до́звіл, дозволя́ння
- до́звіл (dózvil)authorisation
- дозволя́ння (dozvoljánnja)authorisation
- до́звіл (dózvil)act of permitting
- дозволя́ння (dozvoljánnja)act of permitting
Urdu اِجازَت, رُخْصَت
- اِجازَت (ijāzat)authorisation
- رُخْصَت (ruxsat)authorisation
- اِذْن (izn)authorisation
Vietnamese sự cho phép
- sự cho phépauthorisation
Welsh caniatâd
- caniatâdauthorisation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with permission
Anagrams
Cite this entry
permission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission
“permission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permission,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permission.
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