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The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.

The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to Ant: passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. "The activity of toil." Palfrey.

Quality of being actual; actuality.

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.

The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

The quality of being adept; skill.

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

The quality or state of adhering.

The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [R.]