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1. Consent to, give permission
   "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"
   - allow, let, countenance
    
2. Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
   "This permits the water to rush in"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
   - let, allow
    
3. Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
   "Children are not permitted beyond this point"
   - allow, tolerate

1. A legal document giving official permission to do something
   - license [N. Amer], licence [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
   - license [N. Amer], permission, licence [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
   - Trachinotus falcatus

Derived forms: permits, permitted, permitting

See also: permissible, permissive

Type of: accept, authorisation [Brit], authorization, consent, empowerment, go for, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document, pompano

Antonym: forbid

Encyclopedia: Permit