acceptableness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ækˈsɛptəbəlnəs/ UK /əkˈsɛptəbəlnəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of being acceptable or satisfactory

    The committee debated the acceptableness of the proposed compromise.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the quality of being... acceptabilityadequacysatisfactorinesssuitabilityadmissibility
Opposites
unacceptablenessinadequacy
Word family

Etymology

From acceptable + -ness, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take').

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