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reasonableness
noun as in common-sense
noun as in equity
noun as in fairness
Strongest matches
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noun as in impartialness
Weak matches
- candor
- charitableness
- charity
- civility
- consideration
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- detachment
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- dispassion
- dispassionateness
- due
- duty
- equitableness
- equity
- exactitude
- fair shake
- fair-mindedness
- give and take
- good faith
- goodness
- honesty
- honor
- humanity
- impartiality
- integrity
- justice
- justness
- legitimacy
- moderation
- nonpartisanship
- objectiveness
- objectivity
- open-mindedness
- propriety
- rationality
- right
- righteousness
- rightfulness
- rightness
- seemliness
- square deal
- suitability
- tolerance
- truth
- uprightness
- veracity
noun as in justice
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noun as in justness
Strong matches
- candor
- charitableness
- charity
- civility
- consideration
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- detachment
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- dispassion
- dispassionateness
- due
- duty
- equity
- exactitude
- fair-mindedness
- goodness
- honesty
- honor
- humanity
- impartiality
- integrity
- justice
- legitimacy
- moderation
- nonpartisanship
- objectiveness
- objectivity
- propriety
- rationality
- right
- righteousness
- rightfulness
- rightness
- seemliness
- suitability
- tolerance
- truth
- uprightness
- veracity
noun as in likelihood
noun as in lucidness
noun as in moderateness
noun as in moderation
noun as in nonpartisanship
Strong matches
- candor
- charitableness
- charity
- civility
- consideration
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- detachment
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- dispassion
- dispassionateness
- due
- duty
- equity
- exactitude
- fair-mindedness
- goodness
- honesty
- honor
- humanity
- impartiality
- integrity
- justice
- justness
- legitimacy
- moderation
- objectiveness
- objectivity
- propriety
- rationality
- right
- righteousness
- rightfulness
- rightness
- seemliness
- suitability
- tolerance
- truth
- uprightness
- veracity
noun as in objectiveness
Strong matches
- candor
- charitableness
- charity
- civility
- consideration
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- detachment
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- dispassion
- dispassionateness
- due
- duty
- equity
- exactitude
- fair-mindedness
- goodness
- honesty
- honor
- humanity
- impartiality
- integrity
- justice
- justness
- legitimacy
- moderation
- nonpartisanship
- objectivity
- propriety
- rationality
- right
- righteousness
- rightfulness
- rightness
- seemliness
- suitability
- tolerance
- truth
- uprightness
- veracity
noun as in probability
noun as in reason
Strong matches
- acumen
- apprehension
- argumentation
- bounds
- brain
- brains
- comprehension
- deduction
- dialectics
- discernment
- generalization
- induction
- inference
- intellect
- intellection
- judgment
- limits
- lucidity
- marbles
- mentality
- mind
- moderation
- propriety
- ratiocination
- rationalism
- rationality
- rationalization
- saneness
- sanity
- senses
- sensibleness
- soundness
- speculation
- understanding
- wisdom
- wit
Weak match
noun as in saneness
noun as in sanity
noun as in soberness
Strong matches
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- dryness
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-discipline
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
noun as in teetotalism
Strong matches
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- dryness
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-discipline
- soberness
- sobriety
- stoicism
noun as in temperance
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The decision came after a panel of prosecutors reviewed the shooting and was unable to reach consensus on the “reasonableness” of Feller’s use of force.
"I'm trying to call for calm and reasonableness," he added.
She said water agencies hope to see changes that would “help reduce cost, ensure reasonableness for the lift water suppliers will face, provide time for Californians to make significant behavioral changes and changes to landscapes.”
Caroline Glick, a former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the case was "an affront to the basic concept of morality and reasonableness".
On the other side were seven dissenting justices who saw overreach in the decision to annul a law curbing the judges’ ability to use “reasonableness” as a legal standard.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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