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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

permittance en · NOUN

Etymology

From permit + -ance.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
    • Thus we see how this unclean permittance defeats the sacred and glorious end both of the moral and judicial law 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The power of a dielectric to permit or enhance induction.

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