permissive

[US]/pəˈmɪsɪv/

[UK]/pərˈmɪsɪv/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. allowing or characterized by great freedom or leniency; allowing or characterized by freedom to do as one pleases; tolerant; permitting.

I was not a permissive parent.

a highly permissive attitude

a society that is sexually permissive

the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory.

the mutants grow well at the permissive temperature.

the permissive society of the 60s and 70s.

critics believe we are now reaping the harvest of our permissive ways.

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