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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appropriateness \Ap*pro"pri*ate*ness\, noun The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. --Froude.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appropriateness
noun
1: appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn: {rightness}] [ant: {inappropriateness}]
2: the quality of being specially suitable [ant: {inappropriateness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "appropriateness": account, advantage, aid, allotment, allowance, applicability, appositeness, appropriation, aptness, assistance, expediency, fitness, grant, grant-in-aid, help, meetness, order, propriety, relevance, rightness, service, serviceability, stipend, subsidy, subvention, suitability, suitableness, use, usefulness, utility
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