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permissible

adjective

That may be permitted especially as according to rule

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Word length
11
Starts with
P
Ends with
E
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
17
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. That may be permitted especially as according to rule

    “Permissible behavior in school”

adjective

  1. That may be accepted or conceded

    “A kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”

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Permissible behavior in school
A permissible tax deduction
A kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine

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