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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective permissible has 2 senses
- permissible(a = adj.all) allowable - that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction" Antonym: impermissible
- permissible(s = adj.all) Array - that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"
Derived forms noun permissibility1, verb permit1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
permissible, adj. allowable.
Derivative
permissibility n. permissibly adv.
Etymology
ME f. F or f. med.L permissibilis (as PERMIT)
THESAURUS
permissible
OK, acceptable, admissible, all right, allowable, allowed, approved, authorized, bearable, endorsed, excusable, justifiable, kosher, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, legitimized, licit, okay, pardonable, permitted, proper, sanctionable, sanctioned, tolerable, tolerated, unforbidden, unprohibited, venial, warrantableROGET THESAURUS
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Permission
N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.
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