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Acceptability

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

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Admissibility 76% connected

The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.

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Palatability 76% connected

Palatableness.

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Palatableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.

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Acceptable 74% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Acceptable 74% connected

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable prese…

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Satisfactory 74% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Satisfactory 74% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Acceptableness 92% connected

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

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Agreement noun · 86% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Ambiguity noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Correspondence noun · 86% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Equivocalness noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Hardness noun · 84% connection

a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on t…

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Acceptably adverb · 78% connection

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

State of being accepted; acceptableness.

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Acceptation noun · 78% connection

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Allure verb · 78% connection

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flatterin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: acceptable, acceptableness.
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Better adjective · 78% connection

Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

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Enough adverb · 78% connection

In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is d…

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Error noun · 78% connection

departure from what is ethically acceptable

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Holy superl. · 78% connection

Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachab…

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Lief noun · 78% connection

Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

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Palatable adjective · 78% connection

Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.

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