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permission(dictionary)
PERMISSION(law)
planning permission(dictionary)

permission (iou)



permission noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin permissio(n-), from permiss- pa. ppl stem of permittere PERMIT verb: see -ION.]
The action of permitting, allowing, or giving consent; liberty or licence to do something; leave. LME.
PLANNING permission.
I. Compton-Burnett I have..been granted permission to call Miss Fellowes by her Christian name. Physics Bulletin The article is published by permission of the Director of the Physics and Engineering Laboratory. V. Brome Jones had been forced to apologise for absenting himself from duty without permission.
A (formal) consent or authorization; esp. a document giving this, = PERMIT noun 2. E18.
C. Lassalle Queue..outside the office of the principal's secretary for a signed permission.
spec. An authorization given to a publisher to quote from a copyright work; the formal acknowledgement of this. M20.