permissible
adjective/pəˈmɪsəbl/
/pərˈmɪsəbl/
(formal)- acceptable according to the law or a particular set of rules
- permissible levels of nitrates in water
- permissible (for somebody) (to do something) It is not permissible for employers to discriminate on grounds of age.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- consider something
- perfectly
- constitutionally
- legally
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin permissibilis, from permiss- ‘allowed’, from the verb permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.
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