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permissive
adj. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
permissive
adj. not preventive
Fuzzynyms (12)
liberal
adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
liberal, tolerant
adj. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
tolerant
adj. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
accordant
adj. being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy
approving, approbative, abbrogatory
adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"
assenting, agreeing, assentient
adj. expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"
consenting
adj. having given consent; "consenting adults"
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Antonyms (8)
unpermissive
adj. not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline
strict
adj. "strict parents"
authoritarian, dictatorial
adj. likened to a dictator in severity
preventive, preventative
adj. tending to prevent or hinder
prohibitive, prohibitory
adj. tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"
permissive
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