Definitions for permission

permission per·mis·sion

Spelling: [per-mish-uh n]
IPA: /pərˈmɪʃ ən/

Permission is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 612 anagrams from letters in permission (eiimnoprss).

Definitions for permission

noun

  1. authorization granted to do something; formal consent:
  2. the act of permitting.

Origin of permission

1400-50; late Middle English Latin permissiōn- (stem of permissiō) a yielding, giving leave, equivalent to permiss(us) (past participle of permittere to permit

Examples for permission

Her visitor had accepted the open door as permission to enter and was standing in the hall.

I didn't want to go into this phase of it, but it may explain what, with your permission, I am about to do.

He wrote about their time together for the April 1982 issue of Esquire (and the piece appears here with the author's permission).

I dare say my mother will consent to it, if I have my father's permission to go.

Excerpted from Moneyball for Government, published by Disruption Books, and reprinted with permission.

Well, it doesn't matter; I'll take the horse without his permission.

Excerpted with the permission of the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield.

Reprinted by permission of Kingswell/Disney Publishing Worldwide.

He looked about the company for permission to begin, and then addressed himself to Arrumpa.

The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.

Word Value for permission
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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