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admissive

admissive adjective: tending to admit or allow.

Adjective

admissive (comparative more admissive, superlative most admissive)

  1. Tending to admit or allow.
    • Criminals are sometimes admissive of their guilt and compassionate toward victims.

Forms of admissive

comparativemore admissive
superlativemost admissive

Words formed from admissive

Questions about admissive

What does admissive mean?
Admissive means tending to admit or allow.
What part of speech is admissive?
Admissive is an adjective.

Words near admissive in the dictionary

  1. admissibleness
  2. admissibly
  3. admission
  4. Admission Day
  5. admissions
  6. admissive
  7. admissively
  8. admissory
  9. admit
  10. admit defeat
  11. admits

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