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LAISSEZ PASSER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
Example:
the media representatives had special passes
Synonyms:
laissez passer; pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("laissez passer" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laissez passer"):
boarding card; boarding pass (a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane)
hall pass (written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school)
ticket-of-leave (a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions)
