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| 1. | [ adjective ] that may be accepted or conceded | |
| Examples: | "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine" |
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| Related terms: | admissible | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] that may be permitted especially as according to rule | |
| Examples: | "permissible behavior in school" "a permissible tax deduction" |
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| Related terms: | impermissible sufferable allowable tolerable | |
| Similar spelling: |
permissibly permissive permissively permission permissiveness permissibility |
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