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permission
/pəˈmɪʃən/
noun
Authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
"Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?"
The act of permitting.
Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
"I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission."
Antonymsprohibition
verb
To grant or obtain authorization for.
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