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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. that may be permitted especially as according to rule;
- Example: "permissible behavior in school"
- Example: "a permissible tax deduction"
[syn: permissible, allowable]

2. that may be accepted or conceded;
- Example: "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Permissible \Per*mis"si*ble\, a.
   That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. --
   Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

permissible
    adj 1: that may be permitted especially as according to rule;
           "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax
           deduction" [syn: permissible, allowable] [ant:
           impermissible]
    2: that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that
       was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"