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Permission not to interfere (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leave

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'permission' is the definition.
(leave is permission or authorisation)

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(Other definitions for leave that I've seen before include "Relinquish - holiday" , "taken by those on the way out" , "Withdraw - permission - to go - holiday" , "Go - on holidays?" , "Pull out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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