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Definition of Permissive
Permissive

Permitting; granting leave or liberty.

Permitted; tolerated; suffered.

Related Definitions:
Granting, Leave, Liberty, Or, Permitted, Permitting, Suffered, Tolerated


Permissive Quotations

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
Zig Ziglar

In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.
Chuck Norris

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime.
Robert Casey

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.
Jenny Shipley

The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
Curt Flood

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
Roy Jenkins

Permissive Translations

permissive in German is tolerant
permissive in Spanish is tolerante


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