permissible

[ per-mis-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that can be permitted; allowable:

   a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!

   Synonyms: legal, lawful, allowed

permissible

/ pəˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

1. permitted; allowable

Derived Forms

• perˌmissiˈbility, noun
• perˈmissibly, adverb

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of permissible¹

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

Example Sentences

Administration lawyers also approved the "enhanced interrogation techniques" and said they were legally permissible.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Question 7: Is it permissible to separate a mother from her children through [the act of] buying and selling?

From The Daily Beast

The consensus leans toward forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible.

From The Daily Beast

(2)  If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.

From The Daily Beast

If this were not permissible, the number of the grandest creations of artistic genius would be most seriously limited.

From Project Gutenberg

According to our creed it was not permissible for a gentleman, drunk or sober, to mention a lady's name in a place like that.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor are serene and even joyous moods so rare that it would be permissible to ignore them.

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The cuffs and collar must be of plain linen, no color or flutter of ribbon being anywhere permissible.

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Upon what, then, is based the opinion that divorce is permissible in case of infidelity on the part of the woman?

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Related Words

• acceptable
• admissible
• bearable
• lawful
• legitimate
• permitted
• proper
• tolerable