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Permission vs Approvement - What's the difference?

permission | approvement |

As nouns the difference between permission and approvement

is that permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority) while approvement is (obsolete|old english law) improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.

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

    approvement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
  • (archaic) approval; approbation
  • * Hayward
    • I did nothing without your approvement .
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
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    (Webster 1913)