Approval to do something.

Roget 705: facility, ease; easiness etc. adj.; capability; feasibility etc. (practicability) 470; flexibility, pliancy etc. 324; smoothness etc. 255.    plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing; mere child's play, holiday task; cinch [U.S.].    smooth water, fair wind; smooth royal road; clear coast, clear stage; tabula rasa [Lat.]; full play etc. (freedom) 748.    disencumbrance^†, disentanglement; deoppilation^†; permission etc. 760.    simplicity, lack of complication.    ... show more

Roget 737: authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right etc. (title) 924; direction etc. 693; government etc. 737.1. divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness; absoluteness, absolutism; despotism; jus nocendi [Lat.]; jus divinum [Lat.].    mastery, mastership, masterdom^†; dictation, control.    hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway etc. (severity) 739; fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire etc. (scepter) 747.    [Vicarious authority] commission etc. 755; deputy etc. 759; permission etc. 760.    ... show more

Polish: zgoda, pozwolenie, przyzwolenie, zezwolenie

The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.

synonyms: license, permit.

Roget 760: permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence etc. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement^†.    authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.    permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm^†; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.    ... show more

Dutch: toelating, inwilliging, permissie, toestemming, verlof
Polish: licencjonowanie