Reasonableness Meaning
/ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state or characteristic of being reasonable.
nounA reasonable action or behaviour.
Sentence Examples
We should avoid such extreme demands and focus on reasonableness.
The judge assessed the reasonableness of the plaintiff's claim.
The judge questioned the reasonableness of the tenant's demands.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the proposal was clear from its balanced distribution of benefits.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court assessed the ____ of the defendant's actions in the context of the circumstances.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English resonabilnes, resonabilnesse, resonablenesse, equivalent to reasonable + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This dictates the reasonableness of the rupture of a unipersonalist absolute that is pseudomonotheistic since, in this case, the possibility of any other being would have been made impossible."
— 2004, George F. McLean, Robert R. Magliola, William Fox, Democracy: In the Throes of Liberalism and Totalitarianism, page 101:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the proposal was clear from its balanced distribution of benefits.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court assessed the ____ of the defendant's actions in the context of the circumstances.