with your permission
Should you consent
With your permission is a formal phrase requesting consent before proceeding with something: With your permission, I'd like to share your story with the committee.
It signals deference and courtesy, acknowledging that the other person has authority to grant or deny.
The phrase can also be used sarcastically when someone acts without actually waiting for approval: Oh, with your permission, I'll just help myself.
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- seal of approvalOfficial sanction symbol
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
allow · authorize · if you please · if I may · may I · with all due respect · go-ahead · green light · thumbs up · say the word · nod · sanction · clearance · polite · formal · request · defer · courtesy
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
with your permissionwithout consent
unauthorized · illegally · illicitly · in violation · covertly
permit, permission, permissions, permitted, permitting, permissible, permissive, permissively, permissibility