Associations to the word «Permissiveness»

Wiktionary

PERMISSIVENESS, noun. The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

Dictionary definition

PERMISSIVENESS, noun. A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky