Permission

From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere ("to give up", "to allow").

Full definition of permission

(countable and uncountable; plural permissions)

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
The act of permitting
(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.