Permission and Refrainment

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Permission noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Refrainment is an antonym for permission.

Refrainment noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.

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Permission is an antonym for refrainment in topics: temperance, self-restraint.

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