acceptability

From acceptable +‎ -ity.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.ˌsɛp.tə.ˈbɪl.ət.i/

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acceptability (countable and uncountable, plural acceptabilities)

1. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper:

     Acceptability of repentance

2. (military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

• acceptableness

• unacceptability
• inacceptability

• adequacy
• feasibility

• “acceptability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “acceptability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “acceptability”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.