different between permission vs empower

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French permission, from Latin permissio. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English l?af (“permission”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• (General American) enPR: p?rm?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /p??m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: per?mis?sion

Noun

permission (countable and uncountable, plural permissions)

1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

   Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

2. The act of permitting.
3. (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

Related terms

• permit

Translations

Verb

permission (third-person singular simple present permissions, present participle permissioning, simple past and past participle permissioned)

1. (transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.

See also

• clearance

Further reading

• File system permissions on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• impression

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permissi?, permissi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.mi.sj??/

Noun

permission f (plural permissions)

1. permission

Related terms

• permettre

Further reading

• “permission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• empowre (archaic)
• impower (archaic)
• impowre (obsolete)

Etymology

em- +? power

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

empower (third-person singular simple present empowers, present participle empowering, simple past and past participle empowered)

1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
2. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

   John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.

Synonyms

• (give permission to): allow, let, permit
• (give confidence to): inspire

Antonyms

• (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit

Derived terms

• empowerment

Translations

Anagrams

• empowre