permissible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective that may be permitted especially as according to rule
    allowable.
    • permissible behavior in school
    • a permissible tax deduction
  2. adjective satellite that may be accepted or conceded
    • a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine

WordNet

Per*mis"si*ble adjective
Definitions
  1. That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. -- Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv.

Webster 1913