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