permission
Definitions of permission
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any authorization to pass or go somewheretypes:sauf-conduita document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of wartype of:consentementapproval to do something
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approval to do somethingsynonyms: consentementtypes:autorisationpermission to do somethingsauf-conduita document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of wartype of:
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the act of allowingsynonyms: autorisation, tolérancetypes:tolérancethe act of tolerating somethingclémence, indulgence, longanimitélightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teacherstype of:autorisationthe act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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permission to do somethingsynonyms: autorisationtype of:consentementapproval to do something
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the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorizationsynonyms: autorisationtype of:
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