permissible
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
allowed by a law, a rule, or an official authority.
permitted by law, regulation, or an authoritative body; often used in legal or administrative contexts.
Simple“It is not permissible to use a calculator during this part of the exam.”
In context“The court ruled that the evidence was not permissible because it had been obtained without a proper search warrant.”
UsageOften follows 'it is' or 'it is not' as a predicative adjective.
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“Instead, in certain situations, like in the famous “trolley problem,” people frequently judge killing to be morally permissible – especially when that killing is expected to promote the well-being of others.”
From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.