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permissiveness
noun [U] /pəˈmɪs.ɪv.nəs/
/pɚ-/ Definition
(Definition of permissiveness noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- (as) free as a bird idiom
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