#permit__license__permission  the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
  supertype:  empowerment__authorization__authorisation  the act of authorizing
  subtype:  clearance  permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"
  subtype:  conge.permit  formal permission to depart; "he gave me his conge"
  subtype:  allowance  the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
     subtype:  tolerance  the act of tolerating something
        subtype:  lenience__leniency  lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers
           subtype:  clemency__mercifulness__mercy  leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
              subtype:  re-sentencing__commutation  the reduction is severity of a punishment imposed by law
              subtype:  free_pardon__amnesty__pardon  the formal act of liberating someone
              subtype:  reprieve__respite  the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
  subtype:  dispensation  an exemption from some rule or obligation

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