Associations to the word «Permissive»

Wiktionary

PERMISSIVE, adjective. Giving, or predisposed to give permission; lenient.
PERMISSIVE WASTE, noun. (legal) The legally compensable destruction of the value of property through the failure of a life tenant to maintain the property to the point where it falls into disrepair.

Dictionary definition

PERMISSIVE, adjective. Not preventive.
PERMISSIVE, adjective. Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.