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#760. Permission.—
N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance;
tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession,
grace; indulgence &c. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation,
exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement[obs3].
authorization, warranty,
accordance, admission.
permit, warrant, brevet,
precept, sanction, authority, firman;
hukm[obs3]; 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[obs3], unforbidden[obs3]; 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].
#761. Prohibition.—
N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance;
interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel[Law];
embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius[Lat];
restriction &c. (restraint) 751; hindrance &c.706;
forbidden fruit; Maine law [U.S.].
V. prohibit, inhibit;
forbid, put one’s veto upon, disallow, enjoin,
ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop[Law]; bar; debar
&c. (hinder) 706, forefend.
keep in, keep within
bounds; restrain &c. 751; cohibit[obs3],
withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of,
restrict; interdict, taboo; put under an interdiction,
place under an interdiction; put under the ban, place
under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the
door, bolt the door, show the door; warn off; dash
the cup from one’s lips; forbid the banns.
Adj. prohibitive, prohibitory;
proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive;
forbidding &c. v.
prohibited &c. v.; not
permitted &c. 760; unlicensed, contraband,
impermissible, under the ban of; illegal &c. 964;
unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced,
unthinkable, beyond the pale.


