permission

n. leave, dispensation; permit; consent; giving a user authorization to access a particular resource (Computers)

For the goth magazine, see Permission (magazine) One is said to have a permission when he or she may (or is allowed to) perform some action. There are legal and ethical permissions, but these can also belong to some other normative realms, like etiquette and games.Permissions, like obligations, depend on norms or institutions.
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Noun
1. approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(hyponym) authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
(synonym) license, permit
(hypernym) authorization, authorisation, empowerment
(hyponym) clearance
(derivation) permit, allow, let, countenance

n. permission, courtesy; leave, consent

(n.)
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.