Roget's Thesaurus#760. PermissionNounspermission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence etc. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement. authorization, warranty, accordance, admission. permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent. Verbspermit; give permission etc. n., give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede etc. 762; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to. grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust etc. (commission) 755. give carte blanche [Fr.], give the reins to, give scope to etc. (freedom) 748; leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to. let off; absolve etc. (acquit) 970; release, exonerate, dispense with. ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave. Adjectivespermitting etc. v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted etc. v.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized etc.(law) 963; licit; unforbid, unforbidden; unconditional. Adverbsby leave, with leave, on leave etc. n.; speciali gratia [It.]; under favor of; pace; ad libitum etc. (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means etc. (willingly) 602; yes etc. (assent) 488. Phrasesavec permissin [Fr.]; brevet d'invention [Fr.]. |