acceptableness

State of passing muster

Acceptableness is the quality of being acceptable—meeting a minimum standard or being worthy of approval.

The word is formal and somewhat awkward; acceptability is more common in most contexts: The acceptableness of the proposal was never in doubt.

suitability

appropriateness

Quality of being suitable

propriety · relevance · applicability · pertinence · aptness · fittingness · seemliness · correctness · rightness · eligibility

adequacy

satisfactoriness

Quality of being adequate

respectability · appropriateness · soundness · merit · worthiness · reliability · feasibility · passability · tolerability · serviceability

approval

endorsement

Formal expression of support

validation · confirmation · authorization · affirmation · assent · acquiescence · concurrence · support · recognition · favor

pleasingness

agreeableness

Pleasant, cooperative nature

appeal · attractiveness · likability · favorability · conviviality · congeniality · amiability · gratification · enjoyableness · delightfulness

Opposites
approval/adequacy

acceptablenessunacceptability

Not meeting standards

unsatisfactoriness · inadequacy · objectionableness · deficiency · insufficiency

permissibility

acceptablenessinadmissibility

Quality of being prohibited

impermissibility · impropriety · wrongness · inappropriateness · intolerability

Family

accept, accepted, acceptance, accepting, acceptable, unacceptable, acceptably, unacceptably, unaccepted

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