permissiveness

As nouns the difference between understanding and permissiveness

is that understanding is mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature while permissiveness is the relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

As an adjective understanding

is showing compassion.

As a verb understanding

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between forgiveness and permissiveness

is that forgiveness is the action of forgiving while permissiveness is the relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

Permissiveness is a related term of graciousness.

As nouns the difference between permissiveness and graciousness

is that permissiveness is the relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen while graciousness is the state of being gracious.