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permission | awol |

As a noun permission

is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).

As a initialism awol is

(awol).

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

    awol

    English

    Alternative forms

    * awol * *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (military, and, generic) Absent without leave (permission).
  • The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
  • (military) A person who holds AWOL status.
  • (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission.
  • (figuratively) Someone or something missing.
  • See also

    * UA – Unauthorized Absence

    Anagrams

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