Amenableness

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a·me·na·ble (

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adj.

1. Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.

2. Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. See Synonyms at responsible.

3. Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism: "The phenomenon of mind . . . is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected" (Michael D. Lemonick).

[Probably alteration of Middle English menable, from Old French, from mener, to lead, from Latin minre, to drive, from minr, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-² in Indo-European roots.]

a·mena·bili·ty, a·mena·ble·ness n.

a·mena·bly adv.

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Noun

amenableness - the trait of being cooperative

amenability, cooperativeness

tractability, tractableness, flexibility - the trait of being easily persuaded

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