Discord glossary
Permission
A single ability, like Send Messages or Ban Members, that roles and overrides can allow or deny.
Discord has over 50 permissions. Together they’re stored as one large number, the permission integer, which bot invite links use.
Related terms
- Role
- A named set of permissions and a color that can be given to members.
- Permission override
- A channel-specific rule that allows or denies a permission for one role or member.
- Administrator
- A permission that grants every other permission and ignores channel overrides.
- Audit log
- A record of administrative actions in a server: who changed what, and when.