permission

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   approval to do something

   We asked permission to leave.

2. 2
   noun

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

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

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To grant or obtain authorization for.

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

5. 5
   noun

   the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

6. 6
   noun

   The act of permitting.

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”).