permissn.
Misreading, by skipping a line, of the following:
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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
beleve1575
permittance1580
withgate1599
passage1622
sufferage1622
attolerance1676
sanction1738
permiss-
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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