English-German translation for "permissive"

"permissive" German translation

permissive
[pə(r)ˈmisiv]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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gestattend, zulassend zulässig, erlaubt freizügig geduldet
  • gestattend, zulassend
    permissive allowing, giving permission
    permissive allowing, giving permission
  • freizügig
    permissive tolerant
    permissive tolerant
  • geduldet
    permissive rare | seltenselten (tolerated)
    permissive rare | seltenselten (tolerated)
permissive waste
permissive waste
Für undemokratische Staaten müssen also andere, weniger freizügige Regeln gelten.
So non-democracies need to play by different, less permissive rules.
Source: News-Commentary
Allerdings sollte dies eine nachdrückliche und keine nachgiebige Politik sein.
Nonetheless, such a policy has to be demanding, rather than permissive.
Source: Europarl
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