permissibility
State of allowance
Permissibility is the quality of being allowed or acceptable.
The term appears most often in discussions of ethics, law, or religion, where actions fall into categories of required, permitted, or forbidden: The court examined the permissibility of warrantless searches.
Philosophers debate the moral permissibility of lying to protect someone.
Binding principle or regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
jurisprudence · compliance · decriminalization · lawfulness · legal status · prosecution · precedent · penal code
Voluntary agreement given
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- authorizationFormal permission granted
assent · ratification · clearance · warrant · licence · dispensation · exemption · granting
Willingness to accept difference
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- suitabilityState of being apt
- admissibilityQuality of being permitted
- palatabilityAcceptability to the taste
feasibility · viability · reasonableness · justifiability · defensibility · legitimacy · validity · compatibility
Right and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
fairness · justice · scruples · probity · rectitude · uprightness · honor · duty
Imposed maximum points
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- constraintsLimits on action
- prohibitionsFormal orders against something
- thresholdsEntry boundaries or limits
parameters · limitations · bans · vetoes · embargoes · injunctions · barriers · confines
Principles governing behavior
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
procedures · oversight · enforcement · governance · control · monitoring · supervision · regulators
law
Binding principle or regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
constitutionality · jurisprudence · compliance · decriminalization · lawfulness · legal status · prosecution · precedent · penal code · criminal code
consent
Voluntary agreement given
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- endorsementFormal expression of support
authorization · assent · ratification · clearance · warrant · licence · dispensation · exemption · granting · empowerment
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- suitabilityState of being apt
- admissibilityQuality of being permitted
palatability · feasibility · viability · reasonableness · justifiability · defensibility · legitimacy · validity · compatibility · expediency
morality
Right and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- conscienceInternal moral sense
integrity · fairness · justice · scruples · probity · rectitude · uprightness · honor · duty · responsibility
limits
Imposed maximum points
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- constraintsLimits on action
- prohibitionsFormal orders against something
thresholds · parameters · limitations · bans · vetoes · embargoes · injunctions · barriers · confines · demarcation
rules
Principles governing behavior
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- policiesAdopted courses of action
protocols · procedures · oversight · enforcement · governance · control · monitoring · supervision · regulators · codification
- modalitycan, modals, could, may, might
- proprietydecorum, decency, propriety, correctness, suitability
- Social Standardsstandards, norms, conventions, customs, etiquette
permissibilityprohibition
Authoritative legal ban
impermissibility · illegality · unlawfulness · inadmissibility · proscription
permissibilitywrongness
State of being incorrect
unacceptability · impermissibility · immorality · sinfulness · unethicalness
permissibilityunacceptability
Not meeting standards
intolerability · impropriety · inappropriateness · taboo · offensiveness
permit, permission, permissible, admissible, permissive, permissions, impermissible, permissiveness, permissibly