Declination and Permission
Opposite meaning words
Declination
Declination noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Usage example: congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors
Permission is an antonym for declination.
Permission
Permission noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Declination is an antonym for permission.
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