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Synonyms for permitting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb per-mit; noun pur-mit, per-mit
Phonetic Transcription : verb pərˈmɪt; noun ˈpɜr mɪt, pərˈmɪt



Définition of permitting

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per- "through" (see per) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Permitted; permitting.
  • adj consenting
Example sentences :
  • The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He obeyed his instincts, permitting the will of his organism to lead him.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • "I am afraid I made a mistake in permitting the conference," he said.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The Doctor frowned at the servant for permitting the interruption.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • Garrison was up on a mount he had been accused of permitting to win last year.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • In short, all I did to please her soured her, God so permitting it.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • Let us ask ourselves what the blind can do, and then, how much of this are we permitting them to do?
  • Extract from : « Five Lectures on Blindness » by Kate M. Foley
  • Duplay saw through the suggestion, but he had no objection to permitting a consultation.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
  • Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
  • By permitting himself to do this, he showed that he had never loved Lucretia.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius

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