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deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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In November 2016, the EPA issued an advisory recommending a permissible limit in drinking water for PFOA and PFOS — the same two chemicals found in the groundwater in and near the Tyco site.
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But critics who are slower to forgive say that Graham's comments, made from a position of power, made intolerance permissible.
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Congress’s decision to provide the C.F.P.B. director a degree of insulation reflects its permissible judgment that civil regulation of consumer financial protection should be kept one step removed from political winds and presidential will.
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Are there any permissible excuses being unhealthy or out of shape?
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McCain has long argued that the CIA's techniques were outside what was permissible by laws and international treaties.
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What degree of cross-ownership is permissible: should Verizon Communications Inc. be allowed to own Yahoo , or Walt Disney Co. to control FiveThirtyEight?
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Presumably, the company believed that revealing our friends’ likes was still permissible, because the social network kept at it for another four years.
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This language means that if Ollie helped to arrange a payment to a recruit, or knew an assistant coach made such arrangements and failed to report it, a just cause firing would be permissible.
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Origin and Etymology of permissible
Middle English, from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from Latin permissus, past participle of permittere
permissible Synonyms
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Antonyms
banned, barred, forbidden, impermissible, inadmissible, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, verboten;
Near Antonyms
intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable;
Related Words
acceptable, bearable, endurable, tolerable;
accredited, allowed, authorized, certified, endorsed (also indorsed), licensed, OK (or okay), permitted, sanctioned, warranted;
PERMISSIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of permissible for English Language Learners
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: allowed or permitted by laws or rules
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