amenability.

1. Willingness to accept a proposal, guidance, or a request.

2. The extent to which something can be handled or affected by a particular method.

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Words that belong together

• amenability to change
• amenability to persuasion

On the page

Her amenability to revision made the negotiations easier.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation. Commonness: uncommon.