Permissible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Permissible \Per*mis"si*ble\, a.
     That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. --
     {Per*mis"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Per*mis"si*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  permissible
       adj 1: that may be permitted especially as according to rule;
              "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax
              deduction" [ant: {impermissible}]
       2: that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation
          that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in
          medicine"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "permissible":
     OK, acceptable, admissible, all right, allowable, allowed,
     approved, authorized, bearable, endorsed, excusable, justifiable,
     kosher, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, legitimized, licit, okay,
     pardonable, permitted, proper, sanctionable, sanctioned, tolerable,
     tolerated, unforbidden, unprohibited, venial, warrantable