per·mis·sive (p r-m s v)adj. 1. Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient. 2. Permitting discretion; optional. 3. Archaic Not forbidden; permitted. per·mis sive·ly adv.per·mis sive·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  permissiveness - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behaviordisposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" toleration, sufferance, acceptance - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" overtolerance - too much permissiveness unpermissiveness, restrictiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits |
Translations
permissiveness
n → Nachgiebigkeit f, → Permissivität f (geh); (of age, attitude, law, parents, school) → Freizügigkeit f; (sexually) → Freizügigkeit f
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