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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | granting or inclined or able to grant permission |
| def | not strict in discipline |
| examples | direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive permissive parents |
| Outgoing links | |
| Attribute | permissiveness, tolerance |
| Derivationally related form | permissive → permissiveness; permissive → permit |
| Derivationally related form | permissive → permit |
| Antonym | permissive → unpermissive |
| Similar to | indulgent, lenient, soft |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | indulgent, lenient, soft |
| Antonym | unpermissive → permissive |
| Derived from adjective | permissively → permissive |
| Derivationally related form | permissiveness → permissive; permit → permissive |
| Attribute | permissiveness, tolerance |
| Derivationally related form | permit → permissive |
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