permitted

Not against rules

Permitted means allowed or authorized.

Something permitted has received approval or doesn't violate rules: Smoking is not permitted indoors, The zoning laws permitted construction of a taller building.

Permitted often implies formal or official sanction, as opposed to merely tolerated.

The noun permit names the document granting such authorization.

legal

lawful

Permitted by statute

compliant · legitimate · decriminalized · codified · juridical · legislated · regulatory · allowable · admissible · sanctionable

authorized

sanctioned

Formally approved or penalized

accredited · endorsed · ratified · validated · legitimized · warranted · commissioned · empowered · cleared · chartered

consensual

agreed

Shared the same view

acquiesced · concurred · acknowledged · green-lit · okayed · nodded · go-ahead · uncontested · unopposed

allowed

tolerated

Permitted without approval

unobjectionable · unprohibited · unrestricted · unbarred · open · available · accessible · enabled · granted

free

unrestricted

Having no limitations

privileged · excused · dispensed · unhindered · unimpeded · latitude · leeway · discretionary · optional · voluntary

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Opposites
authorization status

permittedforbidden

Not allowed

prohibited · banned · not allowed · disallowed · denied

legal/regulatory status

permittedoutlawed

Forbidden by law

illegal · unlawful · illicit · proscribed · criminalized

Phrases
Family

permitting, unpermitted

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