| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Departure from normal rules or procedures: freedom, liberty. See RESTRAINT. 2. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy. See RESTRAINT. 3. Proof of legal permission to do something: permit, warrant. Idioms: piece of paper. See ALLOW, LAW. 4. The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority: allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave2, permission, permit, sanction. Informal : OK. See ALLOW. | | VERB: | To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, qualify. See ALLOW.
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