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List of meaning for permissive

giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient

permissive(adj)

not preventive

permissive(adj)

granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

"direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"

giving people a lot of freedom or too much freedom to do what they want to do permissive parents

Some states have more permissive laws than others.

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