permitting
Letting it happen
Permitting is the present participle of permit, used when someone or something allows, authorizes, or makes possible an action or condition.
Weather permitting, we'll have the picnic outside.
In bureaucratic contexts, permitting refers to the process of obtaining official permits: The permitting phase delayed construction by six months.
The word often implies conditional allowance—something happens only if circumstances or authorities don't prevent it.
Making something feasible
- lettingGranting permission or access
- allowingGranting permission to proceed
- toleratingPermitting despite discomfort
- acceptingWilling to receive
accommodating · sanctioning · suffering · brooking · admitting · countenancing · facilitating
Grant formal permission
- approveFormally accept or authorize
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- certifyFormally verify as true
accredit · endorse · ratify · validate · empower · warrant · commission · delegate
Sectioning areas by use
- licensingGranting official permission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
variance · land-use · planning · application · bureaucracy · restrictions · standards · oversight
Yielding to desire
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
grace · lenity · tolerance · patience · overlooking · excusing · pardoning · understanding
enabling
Making something feasible
- lettingGranting permission or access
- allowingGranting permission to proceed
- toleratingPermitting despite discomfort
accepting · accommodating · sanctioning · suffering · brooking · admitting · countenancing · facilitating
authorize
Grant formal permission
- approveFormally accept or authorize
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- licenseFormal grant of permission
certify · accredit · endorse · ratify · validate · empower · warrant · commission · delegate · grant
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- licensingGranting official permission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
ordinance · variance · land-use · planning · application · bureaucracy · restrictions · standards · oversight · enforcement
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
mercy · grace · lenity · tolerance · patience · overlooking · excusing · pardoning · understanding · latitude
- lettingallowing, granting, authorizing, renting, leasing
- pipelinespipeline, gas pipeline, oil pipeline, pipelines, natural gas line
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- helping actionshelping, aiding, assisting, supporting, enabling
- saying yesyes, nodding, agreeing, sure, accepting
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
permittingforbidding
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
prohibiting · banning · denying · disallowing · refusing
permittingblocking
Impeding forward progress
preventing · stopping · hindering · obstructing · impeding
permit, permission, permitted, permissible, permits, permissive, impermissible, permissibility, permissiveness