permissive

Adjective

Meaning

Permitting; granting leave or liberty.

Permitted; tolerated; suffered.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clement free liberal libertarian kind understanding easy soft mild flexible loose optional enabling accepting generous
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Antonyms

preventive unpermissive active strict nice jealous
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Phrases with the word

be permissive

Anagrams

impressive

Examples

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments. Zig Ziglar

The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry. Curt Flood

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society. Roy Jenkins

I love America, it's a much more permissive place. Amy Winehouse

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone. Jenny Shipley

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime. Robert Casey

Close letter words and terms

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