[W/K] :: permission

  Permission \Per*mis"sion\ (p[~e]r*m[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
     permissio: cf. F. permission. See Permit.]
     The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent;
     authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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           High permission of all-ruling Heaven.    --Milton.
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           You have given me your permission for this address.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Syn: Leave; liberty; license.
  
     Usage: Leave, Permission. Leave implies that the
            recipient may decide whether to use the license
            granted or not. Permission is the absence on the part
            of another of anything preventive, and in general, at
            least by implication, signifies approval.
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  permission
       n 1: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
       2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
          [syn: license, permit]

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "permission":
     John Hancock, OK, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, affirmance,
     affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, allowance,
     approbation, approval, assent, authentication, authorization, aye,
     blessing, certification, charter, compliance, confirmation,
     connivance, consent, countenance, countersignature,
     diplomatic immunity, discharge, eagerness, endorsement,
     enfranchisement, exception, exemption, franchise, go-ahead,
     green light, immunity, imprimatur, indulgence, laxity, leave,
     legislative immunity, lenience, leniency, liberty, license, nod,
     notarization, okay, patent, permit, privilege, promptitude,
     promptness, ratification, readiness, release, rubber stamp,
     sanction, seal, sigil, signature, signet, stamp, stamp of approval,
     submission, subscription, sufferance, the nod, tolerance,
     ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, validation, visa, vise,
     warrant, willingness
  
  

  permission
       
           (Or "file mode") The ability to access (read,
          write, execute, traverse, etc.) a file or directory.
          Depending on the operating system, each file may have
          different permissions for different kinds of access and
          different users or groups of users.
       
          chmod ("change mode") is the UNIX command to change
          permissions.
       
          (2000-12-07)
       
       

  PERMISSION. A license to do a thing; an authority to do an act which without 
  such authority would have been unlawful. A permission differs from a law, it 
  is a cheek upon the operations of the law. 
       2. Permissions are express or implied. 1. Express permissions derogate 
  from something which before was forbidden, and may operate in favor of one 
  or more persons, or for the performance of one or more acts, or for a longer 
  or shorter time. 2. Implied, are those, which arise from the fact that the 
  law has not forbidden the act to be done. 3. But although permissions do not 
  operate as laws, in respect of those persons in whose favor they are 
  granted; yet they are laws as to others. See License.