permission
noun
per·mis·sion
pər-ˈmi-shən 
1
: the act of permitting
2
: formal consent : authorization
Examples of permission in a Sentence
They got permission from the city to build an apartment complex.
The teacher gave me her permission to go home early.
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Mar. 2025
If permission were granted, propellent production could grow in a matter of months.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025
Understanding Wiz’s Appeal Founded in 2020, Wiz specializes in Cloud-Native Application Protection, offering agentless, real-time visibility and control over vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and access permissions across public cloud environments.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Elgin claimed an Ottoman leader granted permission for their extraction, and the British Museum ultimately acquired the sculptures in 1816.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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permission
noun
per·mis·sion
pər-ˈmish-ən
1
: the act of permitting
2
: the consent of a person in authority
has permission to leave
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