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amenableness

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a⋅me⋅na⋅ble

  [uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-]
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–adjective
1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.
3. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
Origin:
1590–1600; < AF, equiv. to MF amen(er) to lead to (a- a- 5 + mener < LL mināre for L minārī to drive) + -able -able

Related forms:
a⋅me⋅na⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, a⋅me⋅na⋅ble⋅ness, noun
a⋅me⋅na⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. manageable, docile, easy. 3. open, subject.

Antonyms:
1. stubborn, recalcitrant.
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a·me·na·ble   (ə-mē'nə-bəl, ə-měn'ə-)   
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 mināre, to drive, from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
a·me'na·bil'i·ty, a·me'na·ble·ness n., a·me'na·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

amenable 
1596, "liable," from M.Fr. amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" + mener "to lead," from L. minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," var. of minari "threaten." Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ame·na·ble
Pronunciation: &-'mE-n&-b&l, -'me-
Function: adjective
1 : legally subject or answerable amenable to suit in New York>
2 a : suited by nature amenable to a juvenile treatment program> b : readily yielding, submitting, or cooperating amenable to rehabilitation —National Law Journal> —ame·na·bil·i·ty /&-"mE-n&-'bi-l&-tE, -"me-/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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