Crossword clues for acceptability
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acceptability \Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [LL. acceptabilitas.]
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
``Acceptability of repentance.''
--Jer. Taylor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Late Latin acceptabilitas, from Latin acceptabilis "worthy of acceptance" (see acceptable).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. 2 (context military English) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
WordNet
n. satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards [syn: acceptableness] [ant: unacceptability]
Usage examples of "acceptability".
His acceptability to the Emperor Kalif and the College of Exarchs seemed a foregone conclusion, given the support of the Emeritus Kalif.
Finding a small number of Calabi-Yau shapes that, with our present, fairly coarse ability to determine detailed physical implications, appear to be well within the ballpark of acceptability is an extremely encouraging outcome.
Let's begin by comparing the acceptability of different inventions within the same society.
What it would be like trying to deal with Prior tomorrow morning when, on top of today's quarrel, he discovered that there was material scheduled about which he hadn't been consulted, and which hadn't even been comped for acceptability before it was put down, he hardly dared to think.