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permissive
adjective as in lenient
Example Sentences
His California origin represents a fundamental challenge that cannot be overcome through political skill or messaging strategy, as the state carries perceptions of being far left, permissive, and disconnected from middle America’s priorities.
The founders may have opted for more permissive language because they were relying on norms and a jealous legislative branch to constrain presidential adventurism.
The scammers operate in a "highly permissive environment... with permission from junta-affiliated Burmese militia", concluded a report last month by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Dr Nimer Sultany believes Israel has "repeatedly invoked wild and highly permissive interpretations of the laws of armed conflict, including the question of proportionality, that defy both common sense and authoritative understandings of international law".
But the voices of Jews upset over what they have described as UCLA’s permissive approach to campus antisemitism also rose in protest.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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