permissible
If something is permissible, then it is allowed. If it's not permissible then you probably shouldn't be doing it.
If someone asked you, "Is it permissible for me to have a cupcake?" they're asking very formally for your permission to dig in. Usually the word permissible has to do with laws, rules, and what's generally acceptable. It's not permissible to take your pants off in public, for example. Wearing a hat inside is permissible according to the law, but it's not permissible according to church customs or your grandma's rules.
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that may be permitted especially as according to rule“permissible behavior in school”“a permissible tax deduction”
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synonyms:
allowable
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tolerable
capable of being borne or endured
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Antonyms:
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impermissible
not permitted
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forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
excluded from use or mention
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unmentionable
unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
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untouchable
forbidden to the touch
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intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
incapable of being put up with
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tolerable
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that may be accepted or conceded“a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”
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Synonyms:
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admissible
deserving to be admitted
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admissible
Vocabulary lists containing permissible
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