permissive.

Allowing behavior or choices with few restrictions.

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Words that belong together

• permissive parenting
• permissive environment

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A permissive environment encouraged experimentation but weakened accountability.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more permissive; superlative most permissive when comparison is meaningful. 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. Commonness: moderately common.