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Permissive
pəˈmɪsɪv
Permissive definitions
adjective
permissive
- allowing or characterized by great or excessive freedom of behaviour
"a permissive parent"
liberal broad-minded open-minded non-restrictive free free and easy easy-going live-and-let-live latitudinarian laissez-faire libertarian unprescriptive unrestricted tolerant forbearing indulgent lenient - allowed but not obligatory; optional
"the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory"
- denoting a path available for public use by the landowner's consent, not as a legal right of way
"using permissive footpaths, you can visit meadows on both the banks of the river"
- allowing a biological or biochemical process to occur
"the mutants grow well at the permissive temperature"
- allowing the infection and replication of viruses
"in vivo, viral expression is restricted but in vitro, cultured cells are permissive"