as in consent
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
she asked for permission to have a piece of candy the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters
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Recent Examples of permission
Top aides of both U.S. presidents played key roles in keeping it on track, pressing for permission to move the children and their companions, often just a few at a time, through armed checkpoints into Egypt and Jordan.
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Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Over the next 40 minutes of screen time, the following things happen:
The hospital denies Murphy permission to do an autopsy.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Heavily redacted documents related to Prince Harry’s U.S. visa have been made public amid concern the royal — who has admitted to drug use in the past — was unfairly granted permission to reside in the United States.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Health care providers offered testimony Monday in support of House Bill 7213, a proposal to codify into state law a guarantee that minors in Connecticut may receive contraceptive and pregnancy-related care without permission from their parents.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
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Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Over the next 40 minutes of screen time, the following things happen:
The hospital denies Murphy permission to do an autopsy.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Heavily redacted documents related to Prince Harry’s U.S. visa have been made public amid concern the royal — who has admitted to drug use in the past — was unfairly granted permission to reside in the United States.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Health care providers offered testimony Monday in support of House Bill 7213, a proposal to codify into state law a guarantee that minors in Connecticut may receive contraceptive and pregnancy-related care without permission from their parents.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Permission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permission. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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