14 Letter Words for Permissiveness
impressiveness, permissiveness
13 Letter Words for Permissiveness
remissiveness, semiperviness
11 Letter Words for Permissiveness
primenesses, serenissime
10 Letter Words for Permissiveness
impressive, mirinesses, permissive, primnesses, prissiness, remissness, riminesses, ripenesses
9 Letter Words for Permissiveness
empresses, impresses, inessives, messiness, miresnipe, missenses, missiness, primeness, priviness, remissive, spermines
8 Letter Words for Permissiveness
eeriness, emissive, emperess, emperies, empresse, emprises, epimeres, erepsins, eserines, everness, impreses, impresse, inessive, insperse, inspires, inverses, minevers, minivers, miriness, miseries, missense, misserve, missives, nereises, pineries, pismires, preemies, premises, pressies, pressive, pressmen, prevenes, previses, primines, primness, prissies, riempies, riminess, ripeness, seminess, sensisms, sereness, severies, speisses, spermine, spiremes, veneries, vermises, versemen, versines, vineries, viperess, viperine
7 Letter Words for Permissiveness
emeries, empeine, empires, empirin, empress, emprise, enemies, enerves, enviers, epimere, epimers, erepsin, erminee, ermines, ernesse, eserine, espeire, esprise, essives, eveners, imprese, impress, inseems, inserve, inspire, inverse, iresine, iserine, ivresse, meinies, meneers, meniver, merises, merisis, messier, messire, minever, miniver, miseres, mispens, misseen, missees, missier, missies, missive, nemeses, nemesis, nervism, peeress, peeries, peevers, penises, pensees, pensive, permiss, pierine, pirnies, pismire, pissers, preemie, preeves, premise, preseen, presses, pressie, prevene, prieves, primine, primsie, prisses, privies, remises, repines, revisee, revises, riempie, seemers, seepier, seeress, seiners, semises, sempres, senseis, sensism, sensive, senvies, sepsine, sereins, serenes, serimpi, serines, sevener, siemens, sienese, simpers, sirenes, sissier, sissies, snipers, snipier, speises, spenser, spenses, spermin, sperses, spinier, spireme, spirems, veeries, veiners, veinier, veneers, veneris, venires, verisms, vermins, versine, versins, vespers, vespine, visiers
6 Letter Words for Permissiveness
eevens, emerse, emeses, emesis, emissi, empire, enerve, enrive, enseem, envier, envies, envire, epimer, eprise, ermine, eserin, espier, espies, essene, essive, evener, everse, imines, impers, impies, inseem, inseer, irises, isseis, meinie, meneer, menise, menses, mensis, meprin, merses, mesnes, messer, messes, messin, messrs, mieves, miners, minier, mirins, misere, misers, mispen, missee, misses, neeses, neiper, neives, nepers, nereis, nerves, nesses, nessie, nieves, nisses, peerie, peever, peeves, peiser, penies, pensee, perine, pernis, perses, persis, perves, piemen, pieris, pinier, pinies, pirnie, pisser, pisses, pissis, preens, preeve, premen, presee, preses, prieve, primes, prisms, psenes, reeves, reises, reives, remene, remens, remise, remiss, renies, repine, repins, repses, reseen, resees, resene, resins, respin, revies, revise, rieves, rinses, ripens, seemer, seenie, seiner, seines, seiren, seises, seisms, semens, semese, semies, semper, semsen, sensei, senses, sepses, sepsin, sepsis, serein, serene, series, serine, serins, serves, sesses, sevens, severe, severs, sevier, sevres, siever, sieves, simper, sipers, sirene, sirens, siress, sisses, sivers, smiris, sneers, sniper, snipes, speers, speirs, speise, speiss, spense, sperms, sperse, spiers, spines, spirem, spires, sprees, veiner, veneer, venere, venire, venise, verine, verism, vermes, vermin, vermis, verses, versin, vesper, vesses, viners, vinier, vipers, visier, visnes
5 Letter Words for Permissiveness
eemis, eerie, eeven, eevns, eimer, emirs, ensis, epees, epris, ernes, erses, erven, esere, esnes, essee, essen, esses, evene, evens, evese, imine, impen, imper, impis, inerm, insee, insep, irene, isere, issei, ivies, meers, meese, meins, menes, mense, meres, meris, merse, meses, mesne, messe, meves, miens, mieve, miner, mines, minie, minis, mires, mirin, mirvs, miser, mises, neems, neeps, neese, neive, neper, nerve, never, neves, nevis, nieve, niris, nisei, nisse, peens, peers, peeve, peine, penie, penis, pense, peres, peris, perms, perns, perse, perve, pervs, piers, piner, pines, pirns, preen, prees, press, pries, prime, primi, prims, prine, prism, priss, reens, reese, reeve, reins, reive, remen, repen, repin, resee, resin, revie, riems, rieve, rimes, rimpi, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rises, risps, riven, rives, seems, seeps, seers, seine, seirs, seise, seism, semee, semen, semes, semie, semis, sense, seres, serin, serve, seven, sever, siens, sieve, simis, simps, sines, siper, sipes, siren, sires, siris, sises, siver, smeer, smees, smirs, sneer, snees, snerp, snies, snipe, snips, speen, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spies, spine, spins, spire, spise, spiss, spivs, spree, veeps, veers, veins, venie, vepse, verse, viers, vimen, viner, vines, viper, vises, visie, visne
4 Letter Words for Permissiveness
eevn, eine, eire, emer, emes, emir, enes, ense, epee, eres, erie, erin, eris, erme, erne, erns, erse, eses, esne, esse, even, ever, eves, ieee, impi, imps, impv, insp, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isis, isms, ivin, meer, mein, mene, mens, mere, meri, merv, mese, mess, meve, mien, mine, mini, mins, mips, mire, miri, mirs, mirv, miss, neem, neep, neer, neps, nese, ness, neve, nevi, nies, nims, nips, nisi, peen, peer, pees, pene, peni, pens, pere, peri, perm, pern, pers, perv, pess, pien, pier, pies, pine, pins, pirn, pirs, pise, piss, pree, prem, pres, prie, prim, prin, priv, psis, reem, reen, rees, reim, rein, rems, reps, resp, reve, revs, riem, ries, rime, rims, rine, rins, ripe, rips, rise, risp, rive, rsvp, seem, seen, seep, seer, sees, seir, seis, seme, semi, sene, sens, sepn, seps, sere, sers, serv, sese, sess, seve, sien, sier, sime, simi, simp, sims, sine, sins, sipe, sips, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, siss, smee, smir, snee, snip, spie, spin, spiv, sris, veen, veep, veer, vees, vein, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vims, vine, vins, vips, vise, viss
3 Letter Words for Permissiveness
een, eer, eir, eme, emp, ems, ene, ens, env, epi, ere, ern, ers, ese, esm, esp, esr, ess, eve, imi, imp, ins, inv, ipm, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ism, isn, ive, mee, mei, men, mer, mes, min, mir, mis, mri, mrs, mss, mvp, nee, nei, nep, nie, nim, nip, nis, pee, pen, per, pes, pie, pin, pir, pis, pms, pre, prn, prs, psi, ree, rei, rem, rep, res, rev, rie, rim, rin, rip, riv, rms, rpm, rps, see, sei, sem, sen, sep, ser, sie, sim, sin, sip, sir, sis, sps, sri, sse, ssp, vee, vei, ver, vie, vii, vim, vin, vip, vis, vss
Definitions for Permissiveness
[1] habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
[2] granting or denoting permission: a permissive nod.
[3] optional.
[4] Genetics . (of a cell) permitting replication of a strand of DNA that could be lethal, as a viral segment or mutant gene.
[5] tolerant; lenient permissive parents
[6] indulgent in matters of sex a permissive society
[7] granting permission
[8] archaic not obligatory
Words related to Permissiveness
permissiveprivilege, extravagance, kindness, leniency, satiation, understanding, patience, lenience, fulfillment, appeasement, toleration, service, endurance, favor, pleasing, tolerance, attention, partiality, courtesy, excess
Words nearby Permissiveness
permissivepermic, permie, permillage, permissible, permission, permissive, permissivism, permit, permittivity, permonosulfuric acid, permutate
Origin of Permissiveness
1425–75; late Middle English; see permission, -ive; compare French permissif
Other words from Permissiveness
per·mis·sive·ly , adverb
per·mis·sive·ness , noun
non·per·mis·sive , adjective
non·per·mis·sive·ly , adverb
non·per·mis·sive·ness , noun
un·per·mis·sive , adjective
Synonyms for Permissiveness
extravagance, kindness, leniency, privilege, allowance, appeasement, attention, courtesy, endurance, excess, favor, fondling, fondness, forbearance, fulfillment, goodwill, hedonism, immoderation, intemperance, intemperateness, lenience, pampering, partiality, patience, petting, pleasing, profligacy, satiation, satisfaction, service, spoiling, tolerance, toleration, understanding, babying, coddling, favoring, gratifying, kowtowing, placating, profligateness, toadying, treating