different between permission vs ratification

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

Etymology

From Middle French ratification, from Medieval Latin ratificatio.

Noun

ratification (countable and uncountable, plural ratifications)

1. The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.
2. A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ratification f (plural ratifications)

1. ratification