MEANING
The extent to which an action is allowed under relevant rules, laws, or moral standards.
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Words that belong together
- legal permissibility
- moral permissibility
On the page
The committee separated legal permissibility from professional judgement.
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Word forms
- Base
- permissibility
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.
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