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

See also: admissible, permissibility, permissibly, permit, tolerable

Antonym: impermissible

Nearest

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