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Permission vs Acquiescence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between permission and acquiescence

is that permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority while acquiescence is a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

permission

English

Noun

  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    • Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  • The act of permitting.
  • (computing) 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 .

    Antonyms

    * prohibition

    Derived terms

    * permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

    Anagrams

    * impression

    acquiescence

    English

    (wikipedia acquiescence)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
  • (legal) Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.

    • Related terms

    * acquiesce

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "acquiescence")