2006-10-06 21:58:40 · 5 answers · asked by Emily_sweet 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
If something is permissible it means it would be allowed or okay.
"At work it is permissible to eat a sandwich at your desk but it is not permissible to grab your secretary's ***."
2006-10-06 22:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by The Lobe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that can be permitted; allowable:
1. a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances
2. Such behavior is not permissible
3. a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"
2006-10-06 22:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by Ä l ɐ ҳ ä 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That which is permitted. "The treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay by US soldiers is not permissible under either international or moral law."
2006-10-06 22:09:48 · answer #3 · answered by Atticus Flinch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
permissible is ones own set barrier for any particular thing. it can fluctuate, depending on to whom this permission is going to apply ! It is the best defencive excuse
2006-10-06 22:03:27 · answer #4 · answered by priyankji 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
permissible
adjective FORMAL
allowed:
[+ to infinitive] Is it permissible to park my car here?
a permissible level for vehicle exhaust emissions
2006-10-06 22:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Nickname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋