Associations to the word «Permission»

Wiktionary

PERMISSION, noun. Authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
PERMISSION, noun. The act of permitting.
PERMISSION, noun. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

Dictionary definition

PERMISSION, noun. Approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave".
PERMISSION, noun. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats