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Noun: reasonableness  'ree-zu-nu-bul-nus
  1. The state of having good sense and sound judgment
    "Her reasonableness during the crisis helped calm everyone down";
    - rationality, reason
     
  2. Goodness of reason and judgment
    "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges"
     
  3. The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
    "he questioned the reasonableness of my claims";
    - tenability, tenableness
     
  4. The property of being moderate in price or expenditures
    "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices";
    - moderateness, modestness
     
  5. Moderation in expectations
    "without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!"

See also: reasonable, sensible, unreasonable

Type of: inexpensiveness, level-headedness, moderateness, moderation, plausibility, plausibleness, saneness, sanity, soundness, wisdom, wiseness

Encyclopedia: Reasonableness