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    ac·cept·a·bil·i·ty
    /əkˌseptəˈbilədē/

    noun

    • 1. the quality of being tolerated or allowed: "what has changed is the social acceptability of such actions"
    • 2. the quality of being accepted: "money derives its purchasing power entirely from its acceptability as a medium of exchange"

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  2. ACCEPTABILITY definition: 1. the quality of being satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of: 2. the quality of…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of ACCEPTABLE is capable or worthy of being accepted. How to use acceptable in a sentence.

  4. acceptability (of something) (to somebody) the degree to which somebody agrees that something is good enough to use or allow. The study aimed to assess the acceptability of the new system to patients.

  5. 4 days ago · satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards.

  6. The earliest known use of the noun acceptability is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for acceptability is from 1647, in the writing of Michael Hudson, Church of England clergyman and royalist agent. acceptability is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin acceptabilitat-, acceptabilitas.

  7. Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory: an acceptable excuse; acceptable behavior. See Synonyms at sufficient.

  8. noun. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. Acceptability of repentance. - Jeremy Taylor, about 1640. Wiktionary. (military) Operation plan review criterion.

  9. Acceptability is the characteristic of a thing being subject to acceptance for some purpose. A thing is acceptable if it is sufficient to serve the purpose for which it is provided, even if it is far less usable for this purpose than the ideal example.

  10. 'Acceptability' means the quality of being considered suitable or satisfactory. It is often used to describe the level of approval or desirability of a policy, behavior, or product. Synonyms include 'suitability' and 'adequacy,' while antonyms include 'unacceptability' and 'unsuitability.'

  11. Synonyms for ACCEPTABILITY: adequacy, goodness, sufficiency, amplitude, appropriateness, fitness, satisfactoriness, suitability; Antonyms of ACCEPTABILITY: inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, shortage, deficit, inadequateness, unsatisfactoriness, scarcity