plausibility

Plau`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plausibilité.] 1. Something worthy of praise. [Obs.] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan. 2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness. To give any plausibility to a scheme. De Quincey. 3. Anything plausible or specious. R. Browning.

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