permissible

[ per-mis-uh-buhl ]

/ pərˈmɪs ə bəl /

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adjective

that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!

Origin of permissible

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word permissibilis. See permission, -ible

SYNONYMS FOR permissible

allowed, sanctioned, lawful, legal, tolerated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM permissible

per·mis·si·bil·i·ty, per·mis·si·ble·ness, noun per·mis·si·bly, adverb non·per·mis·si·bil·i·ty, noun non·per·mis·si·ble, adjective

non·per·mis·si·bly, adverb un·per·mis·si·ble, adjective un·per·mis·si·bly, adverb

Words nearby permissible

permeation, permian, permic, permie, permillage, permissible, permission, permissive, permissivism, permit, permittivity

Example sentences from the Web for permissible

[But] it is permissible to separate them if the children are grown and mature.

ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’ |Jamie Dettmer |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Question 7: Is it permissible to separate a mother from her children through [the act of] buying and selling?

ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’ |Jamie Dettmer |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The consensus leans toward forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible.

ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’ |Jamie Dettmer |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
(2) If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.

Rich People Want You to Work for Free |Ted Gioia |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Halal means “permissible” in Arabic and refers to food that does not contain alcohol and pork.

Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement |Sharon Adarlo |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is permissible to vary the chase by running away from the immediate vicinity of the circle.

Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium |Jessie H. Bancroft
It is permissible to bury the name in the middle of one longer word, but it is better to spread it over two or three.

What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
In this year, and in the digits tests of later years, this is not permissible.

The Measurement of Intelligence |Lewis Madison Terman
Certainly he may not, except in those rare cases where vasectomy is permissible as described above.

The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation |Austin O'Malley
Such variations would seem to be permissible when the acceptance of the payment in kind is left optional with the workmen.

The Settlement of Wage Disputes |Herbert Feis

British Dictionary definitions for permissible

permissible

/ (pəˈmɪsəbəl) /

adjective

permitted; allowable

Derived forms of permissible

permissibility, noun permissibly, adverb

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