Sentence example with the word 'permissive'

permissive

accommodating, approving, conditional, endorsing, indicative, liberal, nonprohibitive, overpermissive, scamping, suffering, unreluctant

Definition adj. not preventive

Last update: August 11, 2015


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Children are allowed to play after doing complete homework by their permissive parents.   [adjective]

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We live in the most tolerant and permissive of times; being progressive and open-minded has never been so cool.   [adjective]

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All of our walks are based on public or permissive footpaths.   [adjective]

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A moment later, with a haughtily permissive wave of his hand toward the chafing drivers and chauffeurs, he strolled back to Pollyanna.   [Please select]

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Recently it also has been implicated as a permissive factor with respect to r_{max} of mammals (Hennemann, 1983; Lillegraven et al.)   [Please select]

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He is no permissive or accidental appearance, but an organic agent, one of the estates of the realm, provided and prepared from of old and from everlasting, in the knitting and contexture of things.   [Please select]

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It must be either prohibitory or permissive; which means that it can say what shall not be done, or else that which may be done according to law, all other acts being forbidden.   [Please select]

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This was the end of South African Confederation, and the permissive Act of 1877, passed after the Transvaal had been annexed, remained a dead letter on the Statute Book.   [Please select]

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Is it merely permissive or is it mandatory.   [Please select]

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