amenabilityn.
/əˌmiːnəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /əˌminəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /əˌmɛnəˈbɪlᵻdi/ 1.
a. The state or quality of being susceptible to influence or persuasion; responsiveness, tractableness. Frequently with to. Cf. amenable adj. 2.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > tractability
treatableness1526
tractability1531
conformablenessa1533
tractableness1561
docility1603
ductility1654
amenableness1761
amenability1774
ductibility1795
1774 R. Jephson Speech Deb. Bill Encouragem. Protestants 19 The amenability of our fellow-subjects, of a different communion, has often been urged in their favour.
1865 Spectator 2 Sept. 979/1 Nor can it be said that her amenability to advice on occasion of her marriage would argue a similar pliancy to the opinion of the world in greater matters after marriage.
1933 Philosophy 8 328 The world of men is characterized by its amenability to persuasion.
2008 J. Stevenson Thinking beyond Unthinkable v. 249 A monograph tightly focusing on the deterrability of transnational Islamist terrorists and their amenability to political suasion.
b. Susceptibility to or suitability for particular treatment, analysis, etc. Frequently with to. Cf. amenable adj. 3.
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1844 Med. News & Lib. Feb. 9/1 Cases of puerperal fever..varying very much in severity..and amenability to treatment.
1931 A. D. Hall Soil (ed. 4) ii. 38 Upon the physical structure of the soil..depend some of its most important features, particularly..its amenability to cultivation.
1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World i. 14 Such chemical reactions did not proceed with the same amenability to precise description.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 May d3/1 The base..is made of Ductal, a material known for its exceptional tensile strength and its amenability to molding.
2. The state or quality of being liable or answerable; accountability. Frequently with to. Cf. amenable adj. 1a.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > fact of being responsible, answerable, or liable
accounta1393
respondence1586
accountableness1625
accountability1750
answerability1769
amenability1789
liability1794
answerableness1813
accountment1857
1789 J. Madison Let. 31 May in Writings (1904) V. 373 A Unity in each has been resolved on, and an amenability to the President alone, as well as to the Senate by way of impeachment.
1812 S. T. Coleridge Friend (rev. ed.) 78 The mysterious faculty of Free Will and consequent personal Amenability.
1849 J. S. Mill Ess. (1859) II. 407 A moral responsibility, an amenability to the bar of public opinion.
1912 T. B. Neely Bishops & Supervisional Syst. xv. 256 The old law as to the amenability of a bishop remained precisely the same from 1792 down to 1872.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 15 Jan. 24 In the case of tort, the only fact which brought in English law was the amenability of the defendant to the English court's jurisdiction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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