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What is the adjective for permits?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb permit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

permissive
  1. Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. liberal, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, forbearing, lax, soft, loose, unrestricted, free, overindulgent, accommodating, libertarian, agreeable, acquiescent, allowing, unprescriptive, nonjudgmental, permitting, approving, easy-going, open-minded, broad-minded, free and easy, non-restrictive, hands-off, laissez-faire, live-and-let-live, easygoing, forgiving, easy, mild, sympathetic, obliging, clement, understanding, merciful, light, condoning, compassionate, patient, charitable, gentle, benign, compliant, relaxed, complaisant, progressive, pardoning, gracious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “One reason is that permissive societies that realized that crime does pay did not boycott people who lived a life of misdemeanor and wrongdoing.”
      “It's the abolition of all standards that has caused the permissive society that we live in, where anything goes and laws can be broken.”
      “This type of permissive lifestyle contributes to moral decadence and criminal activity.”
permittable
  1. permitted; permissible; allowable
permissionless
  1. Without permission.
permitless
  1. Without a permit.
permissible
  1. permitted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. acceptable, permitted, allowable, admissible, authorised, authorized, allowed, approved, sanctioned, legitimate, tolerable, tolerated, lawful, legal, licit, accepted, proper, kosher, OK, excusable, legalised, legalized, pardonable, legit, venial, okay, endorsed, bearable, unforbidden, unprohibited, all right, in order, within accepted bounds, on the up and up, fair game, justifiable, defensible, condonable, understandable, forgivable, valid, within the law, warranted, warrantable, right, official, above board, constitutional, remissible, vindicable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Arguably the prime, indeed ultimate, determinant of land value in modern society is its permitted or permissible use.”
      “All the permissible domesticated or reared quadrupeds can be offered for Qurbani.”
      “Domestically, September 11 has sparked debate about the permissible extent of civil rights abridgements in times of national peril.”
permitting
  1. present participle of permit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowing, sanctioning, authorising, authorizing, accepting, approving, warranting, licensing, licencing, endorsing, granting, letting, okaying, empowering, enabling, OKing, entitling, qualifying, consenting, condoning, blessing, acquiescing, acceding, legalising, legalizing, passing, agreeing, admitting, concurring, clearing, humoring, humouring, legitimatizing, having, chartering, privileging, legitimating, signing, facilitating, abetting, sanctifying, leaving, franchising, boosting, agreeing to, consenting to, assenting to, acceding to, approving of, giving the nod … more
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