permissn.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun]
leaveeOE
yleaveOE
willOE
grant?c1225
thaving?c1225
grantisea1300
licence1362
grace1389
pardona1425
libertyc1425
patiencec1425
permission1425
sufferingc1460
congee1477
legencea1500
withganga1500
favour1574
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permittance1580
withgate1599
passage1622
sufferage1622
attolerance1676
sanction1738
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1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 23 Reduce us to a perfect mean: Where the Pharises were strict, there Christ seems remisse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.- give a person pelters
- give a person picong
- give a person plenty of rope to hang himself
- give a person rats
- give a person road
- give a person roast meat and beat etc with the spit
- give a person roast meat and beat her with the spit
- give a person roast meat and beat him with the spit
- give a person roast meat and beat with the spit
- give a person rope
- give a person rope to hang himself
- give a person running shoes
- give a person sauce
- give a person shit
- give a person some one's compliments
- give a person some one's kind regards
- give a person some one's love
- give a person some slack
- give a person some sugar
- give a person swinge
- give a person the air
- give a person the bauble
- give a person the big e
- give a person the bird
- give a person the black spot