Permit and Release

Permit

Permit verb - To give permission to.
Usage example: you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass

Release and permit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Permit".

Release

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

Permit and release are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Permit" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

special special permit special release
proper proper permit proper release
limited limited permit limited release

Common collocations

power permit power release power
people permit people release people
sequel permit sequel release sequel
monsters permit monsters release monsters

Both words in one sentence

  • The Squadette Basic. Nunez, a female US Army ranger, which the US Army did not permit at the time of its release.
    Source: The Squadette
  • Godzilla Threshold The possibility of opening the Birdcage is discussed several times, as it contains some of the worst and most powerful parahumans in the world — villains sufficiently horrifying that even the aforementioned Endbringer attacks are not sufficient cause to permit their release.
  • These games take place in timelines relative to the time periods the games debuted, but make no mention of the exact date or yearnote though a food vendor's business permit and police records in GTA IV hint the game taking place in 2007 (the original expected year of release for the game) or later.
    Source: Present Day
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