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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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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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