Associations to the word «Permissible»

Wiktionary

PERMISSIBLE, adjective. Permitted.

Dictionary definition

PERMISSIBLE, adjective. That may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction".
PERMISSIBLE, adjective. That may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.