Megengedését

Megengedését is a Hungarian noun form that denotes permission or the act of permitting, typically referring to permission granted by an authority. It derives from the verb megengedni (to permit) with the prefix meg- and the nominal suffix -dés, yielding megengedés; the form megengedését is the definite possessive version, meaning “his/her/its permission” or “the permission of someone.” It is used in formal or bureaucratic language to talk about consent that has been granted or tolerated by an institution or person in authority.

In usage, megengedés refers to consent or allowance and can cover both formal licenses and broader toleration. It sits alongside engedély, which more commonly denotes a formal license or permit issued by an authority. Megengedés emphasizes the act of allowing or the state of consent rather than the instrument itself. The term occurs in legal, administrative, and academic texts, as well as in discussions about social norms and permissible conduct. The form megengedését is a grammatically specific variant used when the permission is the object of discussion or action, such as in sentences that specify whose permission is being considered.

Related concepts include megengedő, meaning permissive, and megen­gedésének szerkezetétől függően various grammatical forms can express different nuances of permission, tolerance, or consent. In contemporary Hungarian, engedély remains the more common term for an official permit, while megengedés shifts focus to the act or approval itself and its relational possession.