| In partial defense of the language police, citing permissive dictionaries to justify new usage is begging the question. |
| The parents were permissive with or neglectful of their children, and the adolescents had developed a certain degree of independence. |
| This type of permissive lifestyle contributes to moral decadence and criminal activity. |
| We live in a society today far more permissive than the one my parents grew up in. |
| It's the abolition of all standards that has caused the permissive society that we live in, where anything goes and laws can be broken. |
| This suggests that glucose derepression is a permissive factor for clonal senescence. |
