removabilityn.
/rᵻˌmuːvəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /rəˌmuvəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /riˌmuvəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The state, fact, or condition of being removable; esp. (in earlier use) the ability or right to remove a person from an office, position, etc.Frequently in legal contexts.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > ability to be
amovability1634
deponibility1635
removability1789
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > removal or taking away > ability to be
abstractiveness1686
removability1789
removableness1844
1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 16 June (1834) 464 I am not satisfied that removability shall be acquired only by impeachment.
1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 6 Aug. (1834) 679 The Senate..insisted on the amendment to the Treasury bill, respecting the removability of the Secretary by the President.
1836 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) III. 323 The responsibility of Ministers is their removability.
1852 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 3 426 As the power is definite in amount, its removability from place to place, according to the changing disposition of the magnets..becomes a perfectly simple result.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Sept. 5 The mechanism is now somewhat more exposed to the eye by the removability of the outer mask.
1905 Commonw. Law Rep.: High Court Austral. (1906) II. 704 The analogy between the two classes of licences as to their removability to other premises was complete.
1962 P. Diesing Reason in Society v. 214 If..Law were thought to be an expression of ruling-class ideology, judges would be less respected and there would be more pressure for easier removability.
2008 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 8 May 9 Our initial research focused on the removability of our new Clean Gum from a variety of surfaces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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