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Definition of permit : 1. A large pompano ( Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long.
2. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
3. The round pompano. ( T. falcatus).
4. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
5. To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit.
6. To grant ( one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; - followed by an infinitive.
7. To grant permission; to allow.
8. Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.

Synonyms:

stick out, put up, admit, take into account, yield, reserve, leave, charter, put through, countenance, stomach, authorization, consent to, appropriate, OK, authorisation, building permit, provide, concession, licence, set aside, Trachinotus falcatus, get, open up, empowering, pass, stand, encourage, lease, green-light, earmark, help along, toleration, working papers, bear, qualify, grant, brook, allow for, carry, give up, lubricate, card, say yes, suffer, support, mandate, have, endure, digest, abide, indulgence, favor, rent, give/get the go-ahead, legalization, permission

enable, enfranchise, agree, commission, designate, bless, empower, deputize, countersign, notarize, denominate, ordain, warrant, entitle

approve, affirm, certify, authenticate, consent, confirm, underwrite, endorse, approbate, assent, ratify, validate, accept, authorize, sanction

discharge, release, excuse, relieve, stay, absolve, dismiss, license, privilege, reprieve, liberate, exempt, pardon, dispel, except, free

allow, facilitate

condone, concede, tolerate, let

Usage examples:

• She would not permit a servant or one of the children to do anything for him which she might do herself. - "The Awakening and Selected Short Stories", Kate Chopin.
• I permit none else. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• Permit me to tell you, my dear Monsieur de Malicorne, that you must be out of your senses. - "Louise de la Valliere", Alexandre Dumas, Pere.