permissive

About 1.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
2. adjective Open to the public by permission of the landowner.
3. adjective That allows the replication of viruses.
4. noun A grammatical form indicating that an action is permitted by the speaker.

Similar words

soft lenient indulgent bailable lax tolerant propitious favourable allowable discretionary

Often followed by

and society in attitude or temperature atmosphere parents legislation

Word family

permissively permissiveness permissivenesses