permissiveness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *permissiveness*:
NOUN	attribute	permissiveness, tolerance	a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

permissiveness > pronunciation
Sounds	permih'sihvnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *permissiveness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior.
Synonym	tolerance
Attributes	permissive	granting or inclined or able to grant permission
Attributes	unpermissive	not inclined to grant permission
Narrower	indulgence, lenience, leniency	A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
	overtolerance	Too much permissiveness
	toleration, acceptance, sufferance	A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Broader	disposition, temperament	Your usual / usual mood
Opposite	unpermissiveness, restrictiveness	A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Spanish	permisividad, tolerancia
Catalan	permissivitat, tolerància
Adjectives	permissive	granting or inclined or able to grant permission

HyperDic: permissiveness