permissive | ||
1. | [ adjective ] not preventive | |
Related terms: | preventive bailable admitting_of | |
2. | [ adjective ] granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline | |
Examples: | "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive" "permissive parents" |
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Related terms: | unpermissive lax permissiveness | |
Similar spelling: |
permissively permissible permission permissibly Perrins |