permissibility

noun

Definition of permissibilitynext
as in legality

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Recent Examples of permissibility The permissibility of debt loading and asset stripping by private-equity firms. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permissibility
  1. legality
  2. legitimacy
  3. lawfulness
Noun
  • According to the report, the two commissioners questioned the legality of some of the decisions, but Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar disregarded their objections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the Libertarian and Green parties became the latest groups to challenge the legality of that campaign system.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of legality
Noun
  • Here again, actors deploying crypto’s financial heft crashed through boundaries that would have earlier been difficult for artists to circumnavigate without having achieved legitimacy through more conventional pathways in existing hierarchies.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The woman questioned the legitimacy of the message and brought it to authorities.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of legitimacy
Noun
  • Lawmakers and legal experts questioned the lawfulness of such protections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That decision found a lower court judge who had sided with Khalil and freed him from a Louisiana lockup lacked the legal authority to weigh in on the lawfulness of the detention.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Definition of lawfulness

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“Permissibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permissibility. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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