Dictionary entry

Allowable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Al‐low″a‐ble (�), a. [F. allouable.] 1. Praiseworthy; laudable. Hacket.

2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.