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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen..
The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.
It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.
Use permissiveness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Permissiveness means The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen..
Common synonyms include tolerance.
Possible antonyms include unpermissiveness.
The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.
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