allowable

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His role as the Dissenter is perfectly fine -- allowable, or even to be encouraged -- because it reinforced the misunderstandings that enable the system to chug along just fine as it is.

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  1. Proper to be or capable of being allowed or permitted; not forbidden; legitimate; permissible: as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends. In actions of this sort, the light of nature alone may discover that which is in the sight of God allowable. Hooker.
  2. Praiseworthy; laudable; worthy of sanction or approval; satisfactory; acceptable. Custom had made it not only excusable but allowable. Bp. Sanderson, Sermons, Ad. Mag., ii. § 8. (N. E. D.)

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  1. from allow + -able, after F. allouable, from Middle Latin allocabilis, from allocare: see allocate.
  2. from Middle English allowable, alowable, from alowen, praise: see allow and -able. Mixed with allowable.
 

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