reasonableness

Nouns

  • (n) the state of having good sense and sound judgment
    • his rationality may have been impaired
    • he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
    rationality, reason,
  • (n) goodness of reason and judgment
    • the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges
  • (n) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
    • the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices
    • the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately
    moderateness, modestness,
  • (n) moderation in expectations
    • without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!
  • (n) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
    • he questioned the tenability of my claims
    tenability, tenableness,

Synonyms

rationality reason moderateness modestness tenability tenableness

Words of close approximity