tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace;
indulgence &c (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release;
connivance; vouchsafement†.
authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.
permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman;
hukm†; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of
leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.
V. permit; give permission &c n., give power; let, allow, admit;
suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede &c 762; accord,
vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at,
connive at; shut one's eyes to.
grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a
privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust &c
(commission) 755.
give carte blanche [Fr.], give the reins to, give scope to &c
(freedom) 748; leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open
the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to.
let off; absolve &c (acquit) 970; release, exonerate, dispense
with.
ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg
leave, request leave.
Adj. permitting &c v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted &c v.; patent,
chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized
&c (law) 963; licit; unforbid†, unforbidden†; unconditional.
Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave &c n.; speciali gratia [It]; under
favor of; pace; ad libitum &c (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means
&c (willingly) 602; yes &c (assent) 488.
Phr. avec permissin [Fr.]; brevet d'invention [Fr.].