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Meaning of 'permissive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Permissive [ a.]
- Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
- Permitted; tolerated; suffered.

Meaning of 'permissive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . permissive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
Example in sentence:
  • direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive;
  • permissive parents

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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