permissive

Plural: permissives

Adjective

• not preventive
• granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
  • "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"
  • "permissive parents"

Adj

• Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
• Open to the public by permission of the landowner.
• That allows the replication of viruses.

Noun

• A grammatical form indicating that an action is permitted by the speaker.

Antonyms

preventive, unpermissive, nonpermissive

Anagrams of permissive