permissible

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adjective

per·​mis·​si·​ble pər-ˈmi-sə-bəl 

: that may be permitted : allowable

permissibility

pər-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

permissibleness

pər-ˈmi-sə-bəl-nəs 

noun

permissibly

pər-ˈmi-sə-blē 

adverb

permissibility

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noun

per·​mis·​si·​bil·​i·​ty pə(r)ˌmisəˈbilətē 

-lətē, 

-i

plural -es

: the quality or state of being permissible

a greater emotional permissibility, a greater readiness to welcome tears or laughter

—Irving Howe & Eliezer Greenberg

Synonyms of permissible

Adjective

• allowable
• acceptable
• permitted

Examples of permissible in a Sentence

Adjective

deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Courts, regulators, creators and technology companies continue to grapple with when training constitutes permissible use, when licensing is required, and whether outputs can infringe on existing works. — Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

The 1939 law puts some restrictions on certain executive branch officials' engagement in partisan politics, but political activity is permissible in some cases so long as officials don't use their official title or public resources. — Matt Peterson,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

OpenAI and Microsoft do not dispute that its models trained on the news outlet's content, but argue that doing so is legally permissible. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Under the screen-time policy, students have no access to screens until the second grade and permissible screen time is gradually expanded as students get older. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from Latin permissus, past participle of permittere

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for permissible

• miscible
• admissible
• immiscible
• transmissible
• impermissible
• inadmissible
• indivisible
• inexplicable

Kids Definition

permissible

adjective

per·​mis·​si·​ble pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 

: that may be permitted : allowable

permissibility

-ˌmis-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

permissibleness

-ˈmis-ə-bəl-nəs 

noun

permissibly

-blē 

adverb