Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Permission

Nouns
  • permission, leave
  • allowance, sufferance
  • tolerance, toleration
  • liberty, law, license, concession, grace
  • indulgence etc. (lenity) Lenity
  • favor, dispensation, exemption, release
  • connivance
  • vouchsafement. authorization, warranty, accordance, admission. permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman
  • hukm
  • pass, passport
  • furlough, license, ticket of leave
  • grant, charter
  • patent, letters patent.
Verbs
  • permit
  • give permission etc. n., give power
  • let, allow, admit
  • suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize
  • concede etc. 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
  • give the reins to, give scope to etc. (freedom) Freedom
  • leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open
  • open the door to, open the flood gates
  • give a loose to. let off
  • absolve etc. (acquit) Acquittal
  • release, exonerate, dispense with. ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.
Adjectives
  • permitting etc. v.
  • permissive, indulgent
  • permitted etc. v.
  • patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal
  • legalized etc. (law) Legality
  • licit
  • unforbid, unforbidden
  • unconditional.
Adverbs
  • by leave, with leave, on leave etc. n.
  • under favor of
  • pace
  • ad libitum etc. (freely) Freedom, (at will) Will
  • by all means etc. (willingly) Willingness
  • yes etc. (assent) Assent.