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Vinony

permission

noun

  1. philosophical concept
  2. permit, let, allow
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/ / /pəɹˈmɪʃ.ən/ / /ˈpər.mɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

  1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

    “Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?”

  2. The act of permitting.
  3. Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

    “I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

  1. To grant or obtain authorization for.

    “Photographs also must be permissioned and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.”