permit

Grant formal access

Permit centers on allowing or authorizing.

To permit something is to give consent or make it possible: The rules don't permit smoking indoors, Weather permitting, we'll have the picnic outside.

A permit is an official document granting authorization: a building permit, a parking permit, a work permit.

Permit is slightly more formal than let or allow.

document

license

Formal grant of permission

registration · credential · badge · pass · ticket · voucher · paperwork · application · renewal · expiration

authorization

consent

Voluntary agreement given

endorse · empower · enable · entitle · ratify · confirm · affirm · certify · validate · accredit

access

entry

Access or submission

turnstile · entrance · restricted · security · clearance · pass · badge · swipe · scanner · authorized

regulatory

zoning

Sectioning areas by use

import · export · work · business · occupational · parking · construction · demolition · filming · firearm

fish

pompano

Coastal Atlantic food fish

pilotfish · scad · moonfish · lookdown · threadfin · leatherjacket

Categories
Opposites
authorization

permitforbid

Declare not allowed

prohibit · ban · disallow · proscribe · veto

facilitation

permitprevent

Stop in advance

block · obstruct · hinder · impede · inhibit

Phrases
Family

permission, permitted, permissible, permitting, permits, permissive, impermissible, permissibility, permissiveness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G