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Adjective permissive has 2 senses
- permissive - not preventive
Antonyms: preventive, preventative, blockading, clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive, deterrent, frustrating, frustrative, thwarting, precautionary, precautional, preclusive, obviating, preemptive, prohibitive, prohibitory
- permissive - granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
Antonyms: unpermissive, authoritarian, dictatorial, nonindulgent, strict
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