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Permitting; granting leave or liberty. "By his permissive will." Milton.

In a permissive manner.

A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure. B. G. Wilder.

A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.

Lit., previous admission; specif. (Engin.),

Premise. Whately. I. Watts

The act of passing by or omitting; omission. Milton.

Making a promise; implying a promise; promising. [R.]

In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.

Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. Promissory note (Law), a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; -- frequently called a note of hand. Kent. Byles. Story…

The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

To commission again; to give a new commission to. Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned. Marshall.

lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward.

Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. Drayton.

The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor.

Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham.

nalty, debt, etc. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton.

Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Quality or state of being remiss.