permitter
(pəˈmɪtə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who permits or allows.
| c 1643 Maximes Unfolded 30 [They] make men the sole efficient, and God the approver and permitter. 1754 Edwards Freed. Will iv. xi. (1762) 254 If by the Author of Sin, is meant the Permitter,..I don't deny that God is the Author of Sin. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 45 Author of good, Permitter of distress. |