Being permissive is the opposite of being strict. Permissive parents let their kids stay up later and have more sweets.
Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
Adjective
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
Adjective
not preventive
a.
Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
a.
Permitted; tolerated; suffered.
Permissive
Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
Usage Examples
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built whatever structure it was they were going to live in, we could have any kind of pet we wanted. They would have let us have a rhinoceros if we could have afforded it.