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noun
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: acceptability
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: satisfactoriness
Narrower terms: admissibility, palatability, palatableness
History
Etymology tree English acceptable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English acceptableness From acceptable + -ness.
