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!

OTHER WORDS FOR permissible

allowed, sanctioned, lawful, legal, tolerated.

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Origin of permissible

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

OTHER WORDS FROM permissible

per·mis·si·bil·i·ty, per·mis·si·ble·ness, nounper·mis·si·bly, adverbnon·per·mis·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·per·mis·si·ble, adjective

non·per·mis·si·bly, adverbun·per·mis·si·ble, adjectiveun·per·mis·si·bly, adverb

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How to use permissible in a sentence

The contracts were awarded on a no-bid basis, which is permissible only if a federal agency supplies written documentation to justify it.
Former Voice of America overseer hired two law firms to $4 million no-bid contracts.|Paul Farhi|January 25, 2021|Washington Post
In doing so, the company took a clear stand on what was and was not permissible on its platform.
By clamping down on DC rioters, Airbnb is finally acting like it owns the place|Rani Molla|January 15, 2021|Vox
This is obviously not the place to discourse at length on the permissibility of suicide.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 1. The Emigrant Literature|Georg Brandes
The physician is frequently consulted as to the permissibility or danger of marriages between near relations.
Woman|William J. Robinson

But if this is to be legal, the whole principle of the permissibility of counter practice is granted.
Science and Education|Thomas H. Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for permissible

permissible

/ (pəˈmɪsəbəl) /

adjective

permitted; allowable

Derived forms of permissible

permissibility, nounpermissibly, adverb

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