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"permissive" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often indulgent (9 letters).
Definitions
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
Word origin
From French permissif.
Used in a sentence
“For neither Man nor Angel can discern / Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks / Invisible, except to God alone, / By his permissive will, through Heaven and Earth;”
“Many permissive paths work well and have done for a significant amount of time, enhancing or connecting our network of public footpaths, byways and bridleways, however unevenly distributed.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Lenient”10 letters
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