permissible

(pər-mĭs'ə-bəl)
adj.
Permitted; allowable: permissible tax deductions; permissible behavior in school.

permissibility per·mis'si·bil'i·ty or per·mis'si·ble·ness n.
permissibly per·mis'si·bly adv.

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Permissible is spelt -ible and means 'allowable', having potential force rather than the actual force conveyed by permitted. Permissive means 'tolerant or liberal in morals' as in the phrase the permissive society.

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adjective

Capable of being allowed: admissible, allowable. Slang kosher. See allow/prevent.

adj

Definition: allowable, legal
Antonyms: forbidden, illegal, impermissible, prohibited, unacceptable

IN BRIEF: That which can be allowed.

It is not permissible to feed the wildlife in the park.

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allowable.
—permissibility n.; permissibly adv.

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See words rhyming with "permissible."

Common misspelling(s) of permissible

• permissable

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilladelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
toelaatbaar, geoorloofd

Français (French)
adj. - admissible, tolérable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zulässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιτρεπόμενος, επιτρεπτός, ανεκτός, θεμιτός

Italiano (Italian)
lecito, ammissibile, accettabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - permissível

Русский (Russian)
допустимый, позволительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - permisible, lícito

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tillåtlig, tolererbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可允许的, 可容许程度的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可允許的, 可容許程度的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 허용할 수 있는, 무방한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 許される, 許された

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جائز, مباح, مسموح به‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מותר, כשר, מורשה‬

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