permission

permission
    n 1: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
    2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
       [syn: {license}, {permission}, {permit}]
    

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
          [1913 Webster]
    

permission
access permission

   <file system> (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. 
    

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