Definition of permissible

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Definition of permissible

  • that may be permitted especially as according to rule (adjective)

    Examples

    1. permissible behavior in school
    2. a permissible tax deduction

    Synonyms

    1. allowable
  • that may be accepted or conceded (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine

See definition of permissible in Merriam Webster