permissible
per·mis·sible
adjective
1.
that may be permitted especially as according to rule
- “permissible behavior in school”
- “a permissible tax deduction”
2.
that may be accepted or conceded
- “a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”
Origin
From Middle English permyssyble, from Old French permissible, from Medieval Latin permissibilis.
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