Associations to the word «Acceptability»

Wiktionary

ACCEPTABILITY, noun. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
ACCEPTABILITY, noun. (military) 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)

Dictionary definition

ACCEPTABILITY, noun. Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats