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acceptableness
(ækˈsɛptəb(ə)lnɪs, see prec.)
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being acceptable, or agreeable to a receiver, entertainer, hearer, etc.
1611Cotgr., Agreableté, Agreeablenesse, acceptablenesse. 1648Eikon Basilike 120 A greater Blessing & acceptableness attends those Duties which are rightly performed. 1865Sat. Rev. 4 Nov. 573 Announcing his own acceptableness by repeating the churchwarden's praises of his last Sunday's homily. 1877Mozley Univ. Serm. ii. 29 Love..is what gives the character of acceptableness to all our actions. |