Definition of "allowableness" []

• The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness. (noun)

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• "Desperate attempts have been made to prove the innocence of fun, and the allowableness of wit and humor."
• "We may take these two petitions as tests of the allowableness of any occupation, or of any relaxation."
• "This is especially the case in those countries in Europe, particularly on the Continent, where the idea above referred to, of the allowableness of falsehood in certain cases as a means for the attainment of a good end, is generally entertained."