permission

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere (“‘to give up", "to allow’”)

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  Rhymes: -ɪʃən

[edit] Noun

permission (countable and uncountable; plural permissions)

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

   Do I have your permission to throw this away?

3. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

   I used the command "chmod 644 /var/www/html/index.htm" to change the file's permission.

[edit] Antonyms

• prohibition

[edit] Derived terms

• permissible
• permissive
• planning permission

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[edit] Anagrams

• impression