Associations to the word «Permissive»
Noun
- Restraint
- Arrow
- Implementation
- Vector
- Path
- Activation
- Hiv
- Society
- Approach
- Wyoming
- Behavior
- Potential
- Action
- Prohibition
- Block
- Temperature
- Non
- Punishment
- Certificate
- Availability
- Requirement
- Standard
- Receptor
- Freedom
- Stem
- Open
- Monkey
- Gesture
- Law
- Style
- Cruise
- Registration
- Mood
- Weapon
- Certification
- Initiative
- Intervention
- Drug
- Access
- Organism
- Culture
- Growth
- Genes
- Infection
- Permission
- Gene
- Expectation
- Rule
- Alcohol
- Discipline
- Context
- Progressive
- Rabbi
- Conduct
- Regard
- Aspect
- Immigration
- Common
- Belief
- Condition
- Free
- Missile
- Doctrine
Adjective
Adverb
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
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
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