Permissive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient.
  • adj. Permitting discretion; optional.
  • adj. Archaic Not forbidden; permitted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Giving, or predisposed to give permission; lenient.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
  • adj. Permitted; tolerated; suffered.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That suffers, permits, or allows (something to pass or be done); that allows or grants permission: unhindering.
  • Permitted; unhindered; that may or may not be done or left undone; at the option of the individual, community, etc.; optional; not obligatory or mandatory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
  • adj. not preventive
  • Equivalent
    indulgent    lenient    soft    bailable   
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    derisive    dismissive    missive    submissive   
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