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Adjective: permissible  pu(r)'mi-su-bul
  1. That may be accepted or conceded
    "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"
     
  2. That may be permitted especially as according to rule
    "permissible behaviour in school"; "a permissible tax deduction";
    - allowable

See also: admissible, tolerable

Antonym: impermissible

Nearest

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