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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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365 words match “ABLENESS”

INTRACTABILITY n.

The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.

Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.

INVARIABILITY n.

The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.

INVENDIBILITY n.

The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.

INVIOLABILITY n.

The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

IRRECONCILABILITY n.

The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.

IRREDEEMABILITY n.

The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.

IRREMOVABILITY n.

The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness.

IRREPARABILITY n.

The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. Sterne.

IRRESOLVABILITY n.

The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.

IRREVOCABILITY n.

The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.

Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

JUSTICE n. 2 definitions

f thy throne. Ps. ixxxix. 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them. Shak.

g just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of…

Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

Suitableness; agreeableness. [Obs.]

MALIGNANCE; MALIGNANCY n.

Unfavorableness; evil nature. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.

MANAGEABILITY n.

The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.

Fitness; suitableness; propriety.