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Answer for the clue "The trait of being cooperative ", 11 letters:
amenability

Word definitions for amenability in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being amenable.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being cooperative [syn: amenableness , cooperativeness ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1761; see amenable + -ity .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amenability \A*me`na*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being amenable; amenableness. --Coleridge.

Usage examples of amenability.

His characterisation was pointed with such wide-eyed and unsullied innocence, such eager and open-mouthed receptivity, such a succulently plastic amenability to suggestion, such rich response to flatteryin a word, with such a sublime absorptiveness to the old oilthat men such as Mr Quarterstone, on becoming conscious of him for the first time, ha been known to wipe away a furtive tear as they dug down into their pockets for first mortgages on the Tower of London and formul for extracting radium from old toothpaste tubes.

If so, the amenability to it would be a motive with the plaintiff to agree to almost any arbitration, but it would be just the reverse with the defendant.

The medic staff was competent, classifying the patients by degree of injury and amenability to treatment.