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Adjective: permissive  pur'mi-siv
  1. Not preventive
     
  2. Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
    "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"

See also: bailable, indulgent, lenient, permissively, permissiveness, permit, soft, tolerance

Antonym: preventive, unpermissive

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