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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (II) Intersocial Volition |
| Section II. Special Intersocial Volition |
| 760. Permission. |
| NOUN: | PERMISSION, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence (lenity) [See Lenity]; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement. authorization, warranty [law], accordance, admission. PERMIT, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm [Hind.]; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [F.], ticket of leave; grant, charter, patent. |
| VERB: | PERMIT; give permission &c. n., give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede [See Consent]; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one’s eyes to. grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust (commission) [See Commission]. give carte blanche [F.], give the reins to, give scope to (freedom) [See Freedom]; leave -alone, - it to one, - the door open; open the -door to, - floodgates; give a loose to [obs.]. ask -, beg -, crave -, request- -leave, - permission. LET OFF; absolve (acquit) [See Acquittal]; release, exonerate, dispense with. |
| ADJECTIVE: | PERMITTING &c. v.; permissive, indulgent. PERMITTED &c. v.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized (law) [See Legality]; licit; unforbid [archaic], unforbidden; unconditional. |
| ADVERB: | PERMISSIBLY, licitly; by -, with -, on- leave &c. n.; speciali gratiâ [L.]; under favor of; pace [L.]; ad libitum [L.] (freely) [See Freedom], (at will) [See Will]; by all means (willingly) [See Willingness]; yes (assent) [See Assent]. |
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