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Permittance vs Permission - What's the difference?

permittance | permission |

As nouns the difference between permittance and permission

is that permittance is the act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority.

permittance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
    • (Milton)
  • (electricity)
    • (Webster 1913)

    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