Meaning & use
permission
Formal or informal approval given to someone to do something.
See it in a sentence
She asked her manager for permission to leave work early on Friday.
Students must get written permission from a parent before joining the school trip.
A note on using this word
Permission is uncountable in most uses, as in ask permission rather than ask a permission; use permit for a document granting it.
Words with a similar meaning
consentauthorization
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
refusalprohibition
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